§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the incidence of physical and sexual abuse by inmates in respect of juveniles in detention in the last year. [9279]
§ Ms Quin[holding answer 23 July 1997]: In the last financial year, there were 292 cases of assault where the victim was a juvenile. Only four of these assaults were of an alleged sexual nature.