To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list, for each of the years 1975, 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1989 the names of those community homes and other facilities providing secure accommodation for young persons according to each local social services authority area.

Information in the form requested is not available for the full period. The table gives details of approved secure units in England, and their managing local authority, as at 31 December 1989. Comparable details covering the period 1984–1988 are given in the annual publication "Children Accommodated in Secure Units During the Year Ending 31 March", copies of which are available in the Library.