HC Deb 16 July 1991 vol 195 cc119-20W
Mr. Rooney

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were convicted of child sex offences in the last year for which figures are available; and, of these, how many were allowed bail prior to trial, how many pleaded guilty and how many pleaded not guilty.

Mr. John Patten

Information on the number of persons convicted of child sex crime in England and Wales is given in the table. It is only possible from the information held centrally to identify sex offences where the victim is know to be aged under 16. Reliable information is not available centrally on the numbers given bail prior to trial or how they pleaded.

Number of persons convicted of child sex offences. 1989 England and Wales
Offence Convictions
Buggery with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman or an animal 183
Attempt to commit buggery with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman or an animal 26
Indecent assault on a male aged under 16 years 406
Indecent assault on a female aged under 16 years 1,657
Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 13 years 96
Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 16 years 262
Incest with a girl under 13 years 100
Inciting girl under 16 years to have incestuous sexual intercourse 5
Householder permitting unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 years 3
Person responsible for girl aged under 16 causing or encouraging her prostitution, etc 1
Abduction of unmarried girl aged under 16 years 13
Gross indecency with children 219