§ Mr. DawsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of children looked after in residential care are from ethnic minority groups; [49712]
(2) what proportion of children adopted from care were from ethnic minority groups in the last year for which figures are available; [49713]
(3) what proportion of children looked after by local authorities for more than two years were from ethnic minority groups in the last year for which figures are available; [49714]
(4) what proportion of children looked after by local authorities are from ethnic minority groups broken down by age and gender. [49715]
§ Ms Jowell[holding answer 10 July 1998]: The information is not currently available in the format requested, but the Department will be carrying out a pilot exercise later this year to collect ethnic origin data for looked after children, from a sample of authorities.