HC Deb 24 January 1992 vol 202 c397W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what basis his Department is calculating the formula for distributing the specific grant for guardians ad litem.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

We are discussing with the local authority associations a formula based on the number of children aged under 18 and the number of care orders for each local authority averaged over the three years 1988–90.