Proceeding contribution from Graham Stuart (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 3 February 2009. It occurred during Opposition day on Child Protection.
Child Protection
I am extremely grateful to the Secretary of State for giving way. May I take him back to the figures on child deaths? It is uncharacteristic of him to have used figures that are essentially misleading. The number of child deaths overall is not relevant to this debate; what is relevant is the number of children who die as the result of abuse. The Ofsted evidence to the Children, Schools and Families Committee was clear: the number of children who had died from abuse over 16 months was 210—that is, three children a week. For the record, and to make the numbers relevant to this debate, will the Secretary of State confirm that that is his understanding?
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- 2008-09
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- Children Databases Children in care Abuse Bureaucracy ICT Inspections Protection Offences against children Standards Social services Vacancies Social workers Victoria Climbié Death Inquiry Ofsted
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