§ Mr. BlairTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, in respect of each social services department, how many teenagers are on alternative-to-custody programmes, run by social services and/or the voluntary sector, following conviction for a criminal offence, on the last date for which information is available.
§ Mr. YeoInformation is not available centrally in the form requested. Some information about young people involved in social service provision is published in "Supervision Orders and Intermediate Treatment; England" and in "Children in Care of Local Authorities; England". The most recent publications, for the year ending 31 March 1991, are in the Library.