§ 38. Mr. Shepherdasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the number of offences against boys reported to the police in the last available year and the number of cases in which prosecutions were instituted; and if he will give the corresponding figures for 1950.
§ Miss Pike3,278 indictable homosexual offences against boys aged under 16 were known to the police in England and Wales in 1962; of these, 2,245 were dealt with by prosecution, and the number of persons prosecuted was 1,303. 123W Corresponding figures for 1950 are not available. In addition, 164 persons were prosecuted in 1962 under the Indecency with Children Act, 1960, for offences with boys aged under 14.