§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of(a) male victims of homicide and (b) female victims of homicide in 1993 were killed by their current or former spouses, cohabitees or lovers.
§ Mr. MacleanProvisional figures for 1993 show that 6 per cent. of male victims and 40 per cent. of female victims of homicide in England and Wales were killed by their current or former spouses, cohabitants or lovers.
§ Ms RuddockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many homicides were recorded in England and Wales in 1993; and in how many cases were the victims(a) male and (b) female.
§ Mr. MacleanProvisional figures for 1993 show that at 5 August 1994, 606 offences were currently recorded as homicide in England and Wales, involving 375 male and 231 female victims.