asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will secure a report from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis on the circumstances in which police officers were called to The Hollies children's home in Sidcup as a result of a dispute involving residential social workers employed by the London borough of Southwark.

The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis tells me that social workers employed by Southwark Borough Council at The Hollies children's home withdrew their services on the evening of 27th October and that disorder broke out at the Home when Council officials arrived to place children resident there in alternative accommodation. Police were called at 10.58 p.m. to help in searching the premises and escorting children to a place of safety.