§ Lord Eltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many children are at present named on local authority child protection registers and how many of them are respectively of primary and secondary school age; and
During the most recent convenient period of 12 months, how many children named on local authority child protection registers are known to have suffered non-accidental injury or sexual abuse, and how many similar cases are known to have occurred in the same period involving children of primary and secondary school age who were not named on those registers.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)The information available centrally on the numbers of children on child protection registers is given in the table. Information is not available centrally about the number of children known to have suffered non-accidental injury or sexual abuse, whether on child protection registers or not.
Figures for the number of children on child protection registers in England at 31st March 1992 Age Number All ages 38,600 Under 1 2,600 1–4 12,000 5–9 12,200 10–15 10,400 16 and over 1,400 Notes:
Age at 31st March.
Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.
Figures are provisional.