HC Deb 19 July 2001 vol 372 cc437-8W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children in each London borough council are registered on the child protection register; and if he will make a statement. [4788]

Jacqui Smith

The latest figures available show the number of children on the child protection register of each London borough council as at 31 March 2000. These are as shown in the table.

Numbers of children on child protection registers at 31 March 2000, and rates per 10,000 of the population
Numbers of children on the CPR at 31 March 2000 Rate per 10,000 population
London 4,809 29
Inner London
Camden 179 48
City of London 1 12
Greenwich 255 47
Hackney 263 51
Hammersmith and Fulham 153 50

Numbers of children on child protection registers at 31 March 2000, and rates per 10,000 of the population
Numbers of children on the CPR at 31 March 2000 Rate per 10,000 population
Islington 221 58
Kensington and Chelsea 70 22
Lambeth 212 34
Lewisham 217 37
Southwark 164 28
Tower Hamlets 130 25
Wandsworth 142 29
Westminster 98 26
Outer London
Barking and Dagenham 110 27
Barnet 181 24
Bexley 137 27
Brent 112 19
Bromley 172 27
Croydon 294 37
Ealing 84 12
Enfield 101 16
Haringey 226 44
Harrow 148 30
Havering 106 21
Hillingdon 129 22
Hounslow 214 43
Kingston-upon-Thames 37 12
Merton 87 21
Newham 223 31
Redbridge 73 13
Richmond-upon-Thames 83 22
Sutton 101 25
Waltham Forest 86 16

Mr. Frank Field

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children aged under 18 years registered during 1999–2000 on the child protection register had previously been registered. [5233]

Jacqui Smith

Of those children registered on a child protection register in England during the year ending 31 March 2000, 14 per cent. had previously been registered.