Written question asked by Tom Cox (Labour) on Tuesday, 16 January 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 22 January 2001. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 22 January 2001 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children were on the Social Services Department's at risk list in each London borough council as at 1st January; and if he will make a statement. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were on the Social Services Department's at risk list in each London borough council as at 1 January; and if he will make a statement. [146119] Mr. Hutton: The number of children on the child protection register of each London Borough Council as at 31 March 2000 is shown in the table. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. London borough Number of children as at 31 March 2000 Barking and Dagenham 110 Barnet 181 Bexley 137 Brent 112 Bromley 172 Camden 179 City of London 1 Croydon 294 Ealing 84 Enfield 101 Greenwich 255 Hackney 263 Hammersmith and Fulham 153 Haringey 226 Harrow 148 Havering 106 Hillingdon 129 Hounslow 214 Islington 221 Kensington and Chelsea 70 Kingston upon Thames 37 Lambeth 212 Lewisham 217 Merton 87 Newham 223 Redbridge 73 Richmond upon Thames 83 Southwark 164 Sutton 101 Tower Hamlets 130 Waltham Forest 86 Wandsworth 142 Westminster 98 London total 4,809 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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