§ Mr. ThurnhamTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children are currently in foster care in the Bolton area; what proportion are in long-term foster care; and how many foster parents are currently going through the process of adoption of such children.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe number of children in care in the metropolitan district of Bolton who were boarded out with foster parents at 31 March 1988 was 155. Information is not available centrally about what proportion of these children was in long-term foster care or how many foster parents were going through the process of adoption of such children.