§ Mr. HunterTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been(a) charged and (b) convicted of sex offences against minors in each year since 1990. [145560]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeInformation on the number of persons charged is not collected centrally.
Available information, taken from the Home Office court proceedings database showing the number of persons prosecuted at magistrates courts and convicted at all courts for relevant offences are given in the tables.
It should be noted that it is not possible to identify all sexual offences where the victim is a minor.
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Table A: Number of persons prosecuted at magistrates courts for sexual offences against children aged 16 years and under, 1990–95 England and Wales Number of persons Prosecutions Offences 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Abduction of unmarried girl under 16 12 20 24 13 27 11 9 6 8 8 Gross indecency with boys aged 14 and under 156 117 131 102 87 62 61 63 112 105 Gross indecency with girls aged 14 and under 161 122 130 155 129 109 97 109 213 225 1 Buggery and attempted buggery offences under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 section 12 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 143 2 Indecency between males offences under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 section 12 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 144 3 Rape and attempted rape offences under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 section 1 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 142
Table B: Number of persons convicted1 at all courts for sexual offences against children aged 16 years and under, 1990–95 England and Wales Number of persons Convictions1 Offences 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Sexual offences Buggery with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman or an animal 189 168 163 136 135 86 5 — — — Attempt to commit buggery with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman or an animal 18 26 17 20 16 14 2 — — — Buggery by a male of a male under 162 — — — — — 29 66 70 57 57 Buggery by a male aged 21 or over with a male aged 16 or 172 — — — — — 2 3 6 7 1 Buggery by a male aged 18–20 with a male aged 16 or 172 — — — — — — — 1 1 1 Buggery by a male with a female under 162 — — — — — 7 17 21 23 13 Buggery by a male aged 21 or over with a female aged 16 or 172 — — — — — 2 2 — 1 — Buggery by a male aged 18–20 with a female aged 16 or 172 — — — — — 1 — — — 1 Indecent assault on male person under 16 years 421 351 363 293 324 339 355 363 342 337 Gross indecency by a male aged 21 or over with a male aged under 183 — — — — — 11 11 17 18 10 Gross indecency by a male aged 18–20 with a male aged under 183 — — — — — — — 2 — — Rape of a female aged under 164 — — — — — 113 210 198 221 247 Rape of a male aged under 164 — — — — — 2 13 24 15 37 Attempted rape of a female aged under 164 — — — — — 21 35 52 41 44 Attempted rape of a male aged under 164 — — — — — 2 2 5 14 7 Indecent assault on a female under 16 1,537 1,469 1,331 1,205 1,355 1,446 1,597 1,627 1,505 1,491 Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 13 110 105 89 76 64 81 54 44 55 52 Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 304 223 218 170 205 203 207 199 225 189 Incest with a girl under 13 84 68 52 51 35 21 19 19 19 13 Inciting girl under 16 to have incestuous sexual intercourse 3 3 3 2 4 5 — 3 — 1 Householder permitting unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 5 1 3 6 2 3 — 1 2 — Person responsible for girl under 16 causing or encouraging her prostitution etc. 2 2 — 1 — 3 1 1 — 1 Male aged 21 or over procuring or attempting to procure a male under 18 of gross indecency with another male3 — — — — — 2 3 6 7 3 Abduction of unmarried girl under 16 8 8 12 6 9 6 3 1 4 1 Gross indecency with boys aged 14 and under 128 91 99 80 77 56 53 56 61 73 Gross indecency with girls aged 14 and under 148 128 129 123 112 99 109 111 153 144 1 Includes persons proceeded against in earlier years or for other offences 2 Buggery and attempted buggery offences under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 section 12 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 143 3 Indecency between males offences under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 section 12 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 144 4 Rape and attempted rape offences under the Sexual Offences Act 1956 section 1 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, section 142