§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons aged under 16 years were placed on social work supervision orders in(a) Dundee, (b) Tayside and (c) Scotland in each of the past five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe numbers of children aged 0–17 years, who were under supervision requirements at 31 March each year, are set out in the table:
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Dundee 237 260 307 357 322 Tayside 453 476 521 549 525 Scotland 8,099 8,582 8,333 8,387 8,533