§ Miss LestorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children in England were received into local authority care where the specific cause was family homelessness, in every year since 1979 until the last year for which figures are available.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe latest available figures are the provisional statistics for the year ending 31 March 1989. The number of children received into voluntary care under section 2 of the Child Care Act in England for the years ending 31 March 1979 to 31 March 1989 where the specific cause was that their family was homeless is given in the table.
Children admitted to Care due to Homelessness England, 1979–891 During year ending 31 March Due to Homelessness 1979 421 1980 529 1981 471 1982 378 1983 317 1984 244 1985 215 1986 207 1987 209 1988 179 11989 223 11989 Figures are provisional.