HC Deb 26 July 1993 vol 229 c547W
Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints have been made by or on behalf of children and young people under the provision of the National Health Service (Service Committees and Tribunals) Regulations 1974 in each year since 1985.

Mr. Sackville

This information is not available centrally.

Mr. Ieuan Wyn Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints from children have been received to date by each social services department in England under section 26 of the Children Act 1989.

Mr. Bowis

The first report to Parliament of the working of the Children Act 1989, a copy of which is available in the Library shows that, at 30 June 1992, 3,810 complaints in total had been received of which 542 were from children. Information is not available centrally by local authority.