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Mr. Field
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of children taken into care because of the homelessness of their parents for each year since 1970.
Sir George Young
The information is as follows:
| Number of children admitted to care, in England and Wales during the year ended 31 March, because their parents were homeless. | |
| 1970 | 2,700 |
| 1971 | 3,000 |
| 1972 | 3,000 |
| 1973 | 2,800 |
| 1974 | 2,400 |
| 1975 | 1,700 |
| 1976 | 1,300 |
| 1977 | 1,200 |
| 1978 | 700 |