§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo 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. DorrellThe 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.
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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