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Battered Children

Volume 891: debated on Monday 5 May 1975

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in how many and what percentage of cases in which a father or mother was convicted of assaulting a child further children were left in his or her care;(2) how many fathers and how many mothers have been convicted of battering their babies and assaulting their children and causing their death or bodily harm, respectively, during each of the last five years for which records are available; and what sentences they received.

I am arranging to obtain such information as is available, and I shall write to my hon. and learned Friend.