§ 35. Dame Joan Vickersasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what action he is taking to ascertain the number of children believed to be battered on being taken to hospital.
§ Mr. AlisonMy Department has suggested the setting up of local committees to keep individual cases of battering or potential battering under review. Good progress has been made with this but I am afraid it would not be practicable to call for any national statistics.