§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial resources have been made available to local authorities in the last five years for which figures are available to alleviate the problem of unallocated cases on child protection registers; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. MellorThe overall level of central Government's contribution to expenditure by local authorities takes into account services authorities are required to provide. It is however for the authorities themselves to determine how to allocate the funds available to them in the light of local circumstances and overall legislative requirements.
§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he has as to the number of children on the child protection registers of each London borough and the number in each London borough who have not been allocated to a social worker.
§ Mr. MellorThe available information is in the table.
Local Authority Number1 Camden 279 Greenwich 467 Hackney 176 Hammersmith 226 Islington 280 Kensington 146 Lambeth 565 Lewisham 412 Southwark 873 Tower Hamlets 238 Wandsworth 283 Westminster 138 City of London 0 Barking 77 Barnet 181 Bexley 205 Brent 212 Bromley 203 Croydon 170 Ealing 182 Enfield 106 Haringey 296 Harrow 70 Havering 53 Hillingdon 147 Hounslow 118 Kingston-upon-Thames 75 Merton 118 Newham 317 Redbridge 134 Richmond-upon-Thames 76 Sutton 95 Waltham Forest 208 1 Children on Child Protection Registers. We do not hold information about unallocated cases centrally and it could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.