Written question asked by Ieuan Wyn Jones (Plaid Cymru), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 22 January 1997. It was answered by Simon Burns (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 January 1997 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: If he will make it his policy to ensure that every child moved from one foster home to another more than three times should be assessed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; and what recent evidence he has evaluated in respect of the number of times children in care are moved; if he will make it his policy to require all social service departments to incorporate a full assessment for attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder by a specially qualified medical practitioner into the social services' own assessment as to whether a child should enter care.

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