HC Deb 17 December 1996 vol 287 cc578-9W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into (i) the effects of physical and sexual abuse and (ii) the correlation between such abuse and offending. [9301]

Mr. Maclean

The Home Department has not carried out any research which specifically examines these questions.

Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of convicted offenders who have suffered physical or sexual abuse in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [9300]

Mr. Maclean

None. The information which would be required to make such estimates is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.