asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will institute an official inquiry into the handling in Liverpool of the Darryn Clarke case, and the child's subsequent death less than a month after notification of suspected non-accidental injury.

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will institute an official inquiry into the handling in Liverpool of the Darryn Clarke case, and the child's subsequent death less than a month after notification of suspected non-accidental injury.

I have asked the Liverpool City Council and the Liverpool Area Health Authority (Teaching) for urgent reports on the involvement of their respective services, and will consider in the light of these reports what further action is required.