§ Mr. Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there have been for cruelty to or neglect of children in each year from 1970 to the latest convenient date.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe criminal statistics do not enable all offences involving violence against children to be separately identified. The following information relates to persons convicted of a wide range of offences specifically associated with cruelty to or neglect of children:
1970 … … … … 274 1971 … … … … 207 1972 … … … … 177 1973 … … … … 180 1974 … … … … 210 1975 … … … … 206