§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of incest have been reported to the police for each of the last five years; and if he will provide a breakdown of the family relationship involved.
§ Mr. John PattenThe number of offences of incest recorded by the police is published annually in the2W Command Paper "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", copies of which are in the Library. The most recent issue (Cm. 233) gives annual figures for 1976 to 1986 (table 2.15). Details of the relationships involved are not collected centrally.
§ Mr. AmessTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) convictions and (b) prosecutions there have been for incest for each of the last five years.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation on the numbers proceeded against and found guilty of incest is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales", supplementary tables, vols. 1 and 2, copies of which are in the Library, in tables S1.1(A) and S2.1 (A) under offence classification 23.