Question follow-through · 21571
Homicide: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many minors were murdered by family members in 2022-23; and what steps she plans to take to help prevent such deaths.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Department for Education
- Tabled
- 3 Jan 2025
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 15 Jan 2025 · 12 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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Recorded timeline
3 Jan 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many minors were murdered by family members in 2022-23; and what steps she plans to take to help prevent such deaths.
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
15 Jan 2025
Answer published
In 2022/23, there were 201 notifications where a child had died and abuse or neglect was known or suspected or where a looked after child had died, whether or not abuse or neglect is known or suspected. These statistics show the number of incidents notifi...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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