§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of children of each sex on the child protection register in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. YeoThe information available is shown in the table. Information was not collected centrally before 1988.
Number of children on child protection registers in England at 31 March Year Boys Girls 11988 18,700 20,500 1989 19,700 21,400 1990 21,100 22,500 1991 22,200 23,100 21992 18,800 19,800 1 Results of a pilot survey. 2 Provisional. Figures are rounded to the nearest 100.