§ Dr. HendronTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the total social services budget was spent on child care provision in England in the last five years.
§ Mr. BowisInformation for the last five years for which information is available is shown in the table.
what is the proposed date by which this target should be achieved.
§ Mr. BowisUnder the residential child care initiative, the Government are assisting local authorities to achieve the recommendation in the 1991 Utting report that all officers in charge of residential children's homes should be qualified to diploma in social work level by 1995.