§ Mr. Andrew TurnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many young persons are in care and how many of those are(a) fostered and (b) otherwise cared for separately from their natural parents in each social services authority in England; and what percentage of the total under-18 population this represents. [7503]
§ Jacqui SmithInformation on the number of children looked after in each social services authority by type and placement at 31 March 2000 (latest available date) is given in the table.
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Number of children looked after by local councils in England at 31 March 2000, by placement Number and rates per 10,000 children aged under-18 Number Rate per 10,000 All children1 Foster placements Placed with parents or relative Other placements All children Foster placements Placed with parents or relative Other placements North Lincolnshire 190 110 40 40 55 32 11 12 York 140 80 15 45 38 21 4 13 Metropolitan districts Barnsley 335 190 60 85 65 37 12 16 Bradford 685 410 95 180 54 33 7 14 Calderdale 220 135 25 55 48 30 6 13 Doncaster 435 245 75 115 63 36 11 17 Kirklees 330 155 75 100 35 16 8 11 Leeds 1,275 835 155 280 79 52 10 17 Rotherham 370 235 60 75 62 40 10 13 Sheffield 695 410 120 165 61 36 11 15 Wakefield 455 350 40 60 61 48 6 8 East Midlands Shire counties Derbyshire 645 515 25 105 40 32 1 7 Leicestershire 275 200 30 45 20 15 2 3 Lincolnshire 520 295 80 140 39 22 6 11 Northamptonshire 610 375 55 180 41 25 4 12 Nottinghamshire 530 365 40 120 32 22 3 7 Unitary authorities Derby 445 315 35 90 81 57 7 17 Leicester 465 310 50 105 63 42 6 14 Nottingham 605 385 70 150 89 57 10 22 Rutland 10 5 2— 5 10 6 1 3 West Midlands Shire Counties Shropshire 190 130 5 55 31 22 1 9 Staffordshire 570 375 70 125 321 21 4 7 Warwickshire 350 260 35 55 31 23 3 5 Worcestershire 640 440 90 110 54 37 8 9 Unitary authorities Herefordshire 195 145 20 35 53 38 5 9 Stoke on Trent 345 230 40 70 60 40 7 13 Telford and Wrekin 155 95 10 55 41 25 3 14 Metropolitan districts Birmingham 1,760 1,030 200 525 67 39 8 20 Coventry 490 290 75 125 66 39 10 17 Dudley 380 240 80 65 55 35 11 9 Sandwell 440 315 70 55 62 45 10 8 Solihull 180 120 20 40 38 26 4 8 Walsall 365 230 35 100 59 37 6 16 Wolverhampton 380 250 60 70 65 43 10 12 South West Shire Counties Cornwall 565 400 60 105 54 38 6 10 Devon 700 490 55 155 48 34 4 11 Dorset 270 215 10 45 34 27 1 6 Gloucestershire 505 370 65 75 40 29 5 6 Isles of Scilly 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Somerset 335 230 10 95 30 21 1 9 Wiltshire 260 195 30 35 26 20 3 3 Unitary authorities Somerset 145 130 5 15 43 38 1 4 Bournemouth 205 160 5 35 67 53 2 12 Bristol 555 395 45 115 63 45 5 13 North Somerset 150 110 20 20 38 27 5 6 Plymouth 405 315 25 65 72 56 5 12 Poole 145 110 10 25 48 37 3 8 South Gloucestershire 140 105 10 20 25 19 2 4 Swindon 180 140 15 20 42 33 4 5 Torbay 215 150 30 35 85 59 13 13 Eastern Shire counties Bedfordshire 355 200 60 100 41 23 7 11 Cambridgeshire 395 285 40 75 32 23 3 6 Essex 1,205 735 125 350 42 25 4 12 Hertfordshire 810 590 55 170 34 24 2 7 Norfolk 680 490 35 155 41 30 2 9 Suffolk 535 355 75 100 35 23 5 7
Number of children looked after by local councils in England at 31 March 2000, by placement Number and rates per 10,000 children aged under-18 Number Rate per 10,000 All children1 Foster placements Placed with parents or relative Other placements All children Foster placements Placed with parents or relative Other placements Unitary authorities Luton 305 220 40 50 62 44 8 10 Peterborough 390 270 55 65 101 70 14 17 Southend 250 195 20 35 66 51 6 10 Thurrock 185 130 10 45 56 39 3 13 London Inner London Camden 330 210 10 105 88 56 3 29 City of London 5 5 0 0 72 72 0 0 Greenwich 465 315 40 110 86 58 8 21 Hackney 490 355 30 105 95 69 5 21 Hammersmith and Fulham 365 255 20 90 119 83 7 29 Islington 545 315 15 215 143 83 4 56 Kensington and Chelsea 215 135 10 70 68 43 3 23 Lambeth 735 420 25 285 117 67 4 45 Lewisham 495 320 35 135 84 54 6 23 Southwark 600 435 30 135 104 75 5 24 Tower Hamlets 280 3— 3— 3— 54 3— 3— 3— Wandsworth 345 250 25 65 70 51 5 14 Westminster 290 180 30 80 76 47 7 21 Outer London Barking and Dagenham 235 165 10 65 58 40 2 16 Barnet 265 195 15 55 35 26 2 8 Bexley 200 150 10 40 39 29 2 8 Brent 295 200 30 65 49 33 5 11 Bromley 250 155 30 65 40 24 5 11 Croydon 395 255 50 95 50 32 6 12 Ealing 430 230 40 160 62 33 6 23 Enfield 250 170 10 75 40 27 1 11 Haringey 435 260 10 165 85 51 2 32 Harrow 175 120 15 40 36 24 3 8 Havering 165 115 10 40 33 23 2 8 Hillingdon 385 245 15 120 67 43 3 21 Hounslow 255 160 30 70 52 32 6 14 Kingston Upon Thames 105 55 5 50 34 17 2 15 Merton 185 130 20 35 46 31 5 9 Newham 485 375 30 80 68 52 4 11 Redbridge 145 85 15 45 26 16 2 8 Richmond Upon Thames 110 65 10 35 29 17 3 9 Sutton 145 100 20 25 36 24 5 6 Waltham Forest 325 170 5 150 60 31 1 27 South East Shire counties Buckinghamshire 255 165 40 50 23 15 3 4 East Sussex 465 300 70 95 44 28 7 9 Hampshire 905 550 125 230 32 19 4 8 Kent 1,500 1,080 145 270 49 35 5 9 Oxfordshire 470 285 65 120 33 20 4 8 Surrey 670 380 85 205 28 16 4 9 West Sussex 750 490 75 190 46 30 5 12 Unitary authorities Bracknell Forest 65 30 5 35 23 10 1 12 Brighton and Hove 345 275 30 45 71 56 6 9 Isle of Wight 175 125 30 20 67 48 11 8 Medway Towns 345 245 15 80 57 41 3 14 Milton Keynes 3— 3— 0 0 3— 3— 3— 3— West Berkshire 130 85 5 40 38 25 2 11 Portsmouth 220 130 40 50 54 32 10 12 Reading 130 55 15 60 40 17 5 18 Slough 135 80 20 40 49 29 6 14 Southampton 385 240 75 65 82 52 16 14 Windsor and Maidenhead 90 45 5 40 28 14 1 13 Wokingham 85 45 5 35 25 14 1 10 1 All children looked after under a series of short-term placements have been excluded from this table 2 Indicates less than 3 3Data not available Note:
All numbers of children rounded to the nearest 5.
Source:
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