§ Mr. FraserTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment what is the standard spending assessment component for services in Lambeth associated with child protection; and how that component compares with the standard spending assessments for the other Inner London boroughs expressed in the form which would be applicable to a standard population size.
§ Mr. Robin SquireChild protection is one of many aspects of social services for children covered by the children's element of the standard spending assessment for personal social services. The amount of this element expressed in pounds per child under 18 for all London authorities is given in the table.
SSA for Social Services for children per child Local authority £ child Greater London City of London 567 Camden 643 Greenwich 311 Hackney 828 Hammersmith and Fulham 736 Islington 711 Kensington and Chelsea 605 Lambeth 860 Lewisham 461 Southwark 620 Tower Hamlets 631 Wandworth 559 Westminster 627 Barking and Dagenham 230 Barnet 150 Bexley 107 Brent 416 Bromley 122 Croydon 206 Ealing 264 Enfield 148 Haringey 509 Harrow 104 Havering 103 Hillingdon 122 Hounslow 195 Kingston upon Thames 121 Merton 180 Newham 382 Redbridge 141 Richmond upon Thames 151 Sutton 127 Waltham Forest 299