HC Deb 09 July 1998 vol 315 c588W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children under the age of 14 have been murdered by their parents in England and Wales in each of the last three years. [49477]

Mr. Michael

The table shows the number of offences recorded as homicide in England and Wales, as at 1 August 1997, where children under the age of 14 years were killed by their parents:

Year Number
1994 52
1995 46
1996 58

Figures for 1997 are not yet available.