Crimes Against Children 59. Mr. Jim Callaghan asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state, in respect of each year since 1978, the number of crimes known to his Department to have been committed against children. Mr. Mellor I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Stretford (Mr. Lloyd) on 18 December 1986 at columns 638–42.