§ Mrs. CurrieTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of Thursday 18 June,Official Report, column 651, if he will show for the last five years ranked by police authority, the total number of prosecutions for all offences involving consenting male homosexual activity where at least one partner was aged over 16 years and under 21 years.
§ Mr. JackInformation for 1986 to 1990 by police force area is given in the tables. The offence of indecency between males by a man of the age of 21 or over with another male person under the age of 21 does not necessarily involve fully consensual behaviour.
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Table A Number of males prosecuted for the offence of indecency between males by a man of the age of 21 or over with another male person under the age of 21 by police force area 1986–90 England and Wales Police Force Area 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Avon and Somerset 2 11 6 3 — Bedfordshire 1 — 6 3 1 Cambridgeshire — 2 1 3 5 Cheshire — 5 11 6 4 Cleveland — — 2 1 — Cumbria 3 — — 2 1 Derbyshire 5 2 3 1 5 Devon and Cornwall 2 3 9 2 11 Dorset 3 — 7 17 6 Durham 4 2 4 2 3 Essex 3 — 5 2 10 Gloucestershire 3 2 5 1 3 Greater Manchester 7 8 4 16 24 Hampshire 5 7 13 2 21 Hertfordshire 2 7 7 — 1 Humberside 2 1 2 6 2 Kent 1 4 6 2 — Lancashire 5 3 6 1 2 Leicestershire — — 1 1 3 Lincolnshire — — 1 8 — London, City of 6 — — — — Merseyside 1 5 2 5 4
Police Force Area 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Metropolitan Police District 79 71 63 157 180 Norfolk 4 2 1 2 4 Northamptonshire 1 — 4 4 2 Northumbria 9 8 4 7 13 North Yorkshire 1 6 2 2 5 Nottinghamshire 7 6 1 25 62 South Yorkshire 2 33 16 16 5 Staffordshire 7 5 3 19 9 Suffolk 3 2 4 1 — Surrey — 1 3 2 — Sussex 4 8 14 13 — Thames Valley 4 3 17 15 8 Warwickshire 1 2 2 — 1 West Mercia 1 1 5 5 4 West Midlands 14 23 20 25 20 West Yorkshire 30 25 23 13 7 Wiltshire — 2 3 5 2 ENGLAND 222 260 286 395 428 Dyfed Powys 8 — — 1 — Gwent — 1 — 1 1 North Wales 10 7 1 6 8 South Wales 5 2 5 1 8 WALES 23 10 6 9 17 ENGLAND AND WALES 245 270 292 404 445 267W
Table B Number of males prosecuted for the offences of buggery or attempted buggery of a male of, or over 21 with another male under the age of 21 with consent by police force area 1986 to 1990 England and Wales Police force area 1986 1987 11988 1989 1990 Avon and Somerset — 1 — 1 — Bedfordshire — — — — — Cambridgeshire — 1 — — 1 Cheshire — — 2 — — Cleveland — — 3 1 — Cumbria — 1 1 — 2 Derbyshire — — — — — Devon and Cornwall — 3 1 1 — Dorset — — 1 — — Durham — 2 — — — Essex — — — — — Gloucestershire 8 1 — — — Greater Manchester — — 2 — — Hampshire 1 1 — — — Hertfordshire — — — — — Humberside — — 2 — — Kent 1 1 — — — Lancashire — — — — 1 Leicestershire — — — 1 — Lincolnshire 1 — — — — London, City of — — — — — Merseyside — 1 — — — Metropolitan Police District 2 2 2 — — Norfolk — — — — — Northamptonshire — — — — — Northumbria 1 — — — — North Yorkshire — — — — — Nottinghamshire 2 4 1 1 1 South Yorkshire 3 1 1 — — Staffordshire — — — — 1
Police force area 1986 1987 21988 1989 1990 Suffolk — — 1 — — Surrey — — — — — Sussex — — — — — Thames Valley — — — — — Warwickshire — — — — — West Mercia — — — — 2 West Midlands 1 — — 1 — West Yorkshire 1 — — — 2 Wiltshire — — — — — ENGLAND 21 19 17 7 10 Dyfed Powys 1 — — — — Gwent — 1 — — — North Wales — — — — — South Wales 2 1 1 1 — WALES 3 2 1 1 — ENGLAND AND WALES 24 21 18 8 10 1 In Cleveland in 1988 there was one female prosecuted for the offence of attempted buggery of a male of or over 21 with another male under the age of 21 with consent—generally, conspiring, inciting, aiding, abetting, causing or permitting a crime is classified under the heading of the crime itself.