HC Deb 26 January 1995 vol 253 c303W
Mrs. Golding

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children were killed by their parents in each year since 1984.

Mr. Maclean

The following table shows the number of offences recorded as homicide in England and Wales, as at 5 August 1994, where children under the age of 16 years were killed by their parents:

Year Number
1984 62
1985 72
1986 36
1987 55
1988 76
1989 44
1990 49
1991 68
1992 52
1993 50

Figures for 1994 are not yet available.