Child Protection Registers

HC Deb 16 June 1998 vol 314 cc162-3W

Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children at risk from sexual or physical abuse were on child protection registers on 1 June. [45211]

Mr. Boateng

The latest figures for children and young people on child protection registers in England are for 31 March 1997 and show 8,200 at risk of physical injury alone, 5,600 at risk of sexual abuse alone and 800 at risk of both physical injury and sexual abuse.