§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the number of known parental assaults on children for each of the last five years.
(2) how many children have been killed and how many severely injured by parental assault in each of the last five years.
§ Mr. CarlisleAs to the number of assaults by parents on children, and the number of victims injured, I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to his Questions on 13th November. I shall be writing shortly to the hon. Member, as I have already undertaken to do, about the number of cases of homicide involving the killing of a child by a parent.