§ Lady Olga MaitlandTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children have run away while in care in children's homes in the last year for which figures are available; and if she will list the relevant local authorities.
§ Mr. YeoThe latest available information is shown in the table.
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Children in care who had absconded from residential accommodation for more than one week at 31 March 1991 Local authority Number of children Avon 4 Barnsley 4 Berkshire 5 Birmingham 14 Bolton 1 Bradford 1 Brent 3 Coventry 2 Croydon 1 Devon 2 Doncaster 1 Dorset 1 Dudley* 1 Durham 6 Ealing 1 Essex 8 Greenwich 1 Hackney 1 Hammersmith 1 Hampshire 5 Haringey 1 Hertfordshire 1 Hounslow 3 Islington* 7 Kensington 2 Kent* 2 Knowsley 4 Lambeth 5 Lancashire 5 Leicestershire 1 Lewisham 5 Liverpool 2 Manchester 2 Newcastle upon Tyne 1 Newham 1 Northamptonshire 5 Nottinghamshire 3 Redbridge 2 Salford 4 Shropshire 1 Southwark* 4 St. Helens 1 Sunderland 3 Surrey 1 Tameside 2 Trafford 10 Walsall 2 Wandsworth 2 Westminster 1 Wigan 3 Wiltshire 1 Wolverhampton 2
Local authority Number of children Total 152 Note: For authorities not making a return for 1991, data from the most recent return have been quoted. (These authorities have been indicated with an asterisk *.)