§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the progress which has been made on each of the projects of research on child abuse listed in his answer of 27 January 1989,Official Report, column 798.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe current position on the projects on research on child abuse listed in the reply that my hon. and learned Friend the then Minister for Health gave the hon. Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen) on 27 January 1989 at column798 is as follows:
- Intervention in child sexual abuse: project extended to 30 September 1990.
- Normal sexual knowledge in children: continuing.
- A study of co-ordination in child abuse: continuing. Decision making intervention and outcomes in respect of children at risk of abuse: continuing.
- Parental perceptions in child abuse: commissioned. Period of support, 1 October 1989 to 30 September 1992.
510 - Feasibility of prevalence study: under consideration.
- Parental participation in child protection case conferences: commissioned. Period of support, 1 October 1989 to 31 March 1992.
- A study of the patterns of use of child protection registers: commissioned. Period of support, 1 October 1990 to 31 December 1992.
- Computer-based techniques in diagnosis: pilot study commissioned. Period of support, 1 January 1990 to 30 April 1990.
- Evaluation of inter-disciplinary training under consideration.
- Perpetrators of child sexual abuse: under consideration.