§ Dr. GodmanTo 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-HamiltonThe 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