§ Mr. MartlewTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the percentage increase of child abuse cases for the last available five years in the Carlisle constituency; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe information collected centrally about child abuse relates to the children and young persons on child protection registers for each local authority with social services responsibilities. The data were first collected in 1988. The number of children on the child protection register in Cumbria on 31 March 1988 was 226; on 31 March 1990 the number was 453.