§ Mr. AllenTo 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. MacleanThe Home Department has not carried out any research which specifically examines these questions.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of 579W 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. MacleanNone. The information which would be required to make such estimates is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.