§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in Scotland have been prosecuted during the last five years for committing the offence of(a) rape and (b) sexual offences against children including incest, having already served a sentence of imprisonment for that offence; and what were the sentences administered.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation is not available in precisely the form requested. In the period 1984 to 1987, three men successfully prosecuted for rape were recorded as having previously served a prison sentence for this crime. The average custodial sentence for the earlier offence was just over four years and for the second just under nine years. Information which separately identifies sexual offences against children is not held centrally.