HC Deb 25 June 1991 vol 193 cc438-9W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were in care in each Inner London borough in 1981 and at the latest date for which figures are available.

Mr. Dorrell

The table shows numbers of children in care in 1981 and in 1990, the latest date for which figures are generally available. Where figures are not available for these years, the most recent year's return has been quoted and the year of the return shown in brackets.

Data for 1990 are provisional.

Numbers of Children in care at 31 March—Inner London boroughs
Inner London 1981 Numbers in care 1990 Numbers in care
Camden 379 338 (1988)
Greenwich 567 387 (1989)
Hackney 1,008 759 (1987)
Hammersmith and Fulham 596 237
Islington 769 (1979) 769 (1979)
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea 454 199
Lambeth 1,337 670
Lewisham 877 587 (1985)
Southwark 1,148 654 (1988)
Tower Hamlets 915 (1980) 390
Wandsworth 997 421
City of Westminster 537 261
City of London 8 4