HC Deb 20 February 1995 vol 255 cc59-60W
Dr. Godman

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many private children's homes were listed in each local authority for each of the last five years.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The definition of a private children's home is a home administered by a private commercial establishment. Numbers of such homes for each local authority for each of the last five years are given below:

Year
Region 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Borders 0 0 0 0 0
Central 1 1 1 1 1
Dumfries and Galloway 1 1 1 1 1
Fife 0 0 0 0 0
Grampian 0 0 0 0 0
Highland 0 0 0 0 0
Lothian 0 1 1 1 1
Strathclyde 0 0 0 0 0
Tayside 4 3 3 3 3
Total 6 6 6 6 6