§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the annual rate of infant, neonate and childhood homicide in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. MacleanThe readily available information which relates to offences currently recorded as homicide for the years 1982 to 1992, where the age of the victim was under one year, from one to under five years, and from five to under 16 years is published in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, 1992" (Cm 2410), chapter 4 and table 4.6.
A copy of this publication is in the Library.
Provisional figures for 1993 are as follows:
Offences currently recorded as homicide in England and Wales Number Victim aged under 1 year 28 Victim aged under 1 year and under 5 years 29 Victim aged 5 years and under 16 years 16