asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children in (a) Strathclyde and (b) Scotland were taken into local authority care during each of the years 1978–1979 to 1985–86 inclusive for the primary reason that (i) their family was homeless, or (ii) their accommodation was unsuitable.

The information for Scotland, excluding Strathclyde, is as follows:

	Family homeless	Accommodation unsuitable
1978–79	46	22
1979–80	37	34
1980–81	41	22
1981–82	18	23
1982–83	22	16
1983–84	13	8
1984–85 (provisional)	26	18
1985–86 (provisional)	7	12

The information provided by Strthclyde Regional Council relates only to 1984–85, when the numbers of children concerned were respectivley 15 and 0