§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the average sentence imposed in each of the last 10 years upon offenders convicted of(a) indecent assault on a female, (b) unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16, (c) unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and (d) incest;
(2) how many offenders convicted of (a) indecent assault on a female, (b) unlawful sexual intercourse with 581W a girl under 16, (c) unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and (d) incest were given sentences of (i) immediate imprisonment, (ii) suspended imprisonment, (iii) community service, (iv) probation, (v) a fine and (vi) discharge in each of the last ten years.
Table A Number of offenders sentenced lo immediate custody and average length of sentence imposed for certain sexual offences by type of court 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 19901 England and Wales Magistrates' courts Crown Court Offence Year Total immediate custody Average sentence length (months) Total immediate custody Average sentence length (months) Indecent assault on a female 1980 141 4 275 16 1985 172 4 489 18 1987 134 4 821 22 1988 131 3 866 21 1989 91 4 913 23 11990 73 4 885 23 Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 1980 22 4 64 12 1985 33 4 70 13 1987 25 4 88 12 1988 13 3 94 12 1989 8 3 73 12 11990 13 4 72 11 Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 1980 — — 50 31 1985 — 4 69 25 1987 — — 82 36 1988 — 4 95 33 1989 — — 61 38 11990 — 3 65 40 Incest 1980 2 4 95 36 1985 — 5 95 30 1987 — — 156 38 1988 — — 159 42 1989 — — 134 43 11990 — — 117 46 1 Provisional 582W
Table B Number of offenders sentenced for certain sexual offences by type of court and result 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 19901 England and Wales Offence and year Total sentence Immediate custody Fully-suspended Comm. Serving Order Probation order Fine Abs or conditional discharge Other Magistrates courts Indecent assault on a female 1980 1,937 141 149 22 407 609 326 283 1985 1,396 172 113 34 365 278 240 194 1987 1,176 134 93 34 337 232 181 165 1988 1,220 131 105 29 323 290 188 145 1989 1,245 91 103 31 335 296 222 167 19901 1,138 73 67 27 303 290 228 150 Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 1980 414 22 49 18 34 188 69 14 1985 279 33 30 19 47 72 68 10 1987 191 25 24 19 31 59 33 — 1988 175 13 22 14 24 49 49 4 1989 139 8 8 8 21 58 35 1 19901 154 13 7 9 27 50 45 3 Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 13 1980 10 — — — 1 1 — 8 1985 12 1 — 5 1 1 2 2 1987 5 — — — — 1 — 4 1988 10 1 — — — — 2 7 1989 8 — — — — — 5 3 19901 7 1 — — — — 1 5 Incest 1980 7 2 — — 2 1 — 2
§ Mr. John PattenThe information for England and Wales for the years 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990, which is provisional for the other years requested would involve disproportionate cost.
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Offence and year Total sentence Immediate custody Fully suspended Comm. serving order Probation order Fine Abs or conditional discharge Other 1985 2 1 — — — — — 1 1987 4 — — — — — 1 3 1988 1 — — — — 1 — — 1989 4 — — — — 3 — 1 19901 1 — — — — 1 — — Crown court Indecent assault on a female 1980 507 275 92 8 58 35 15 24 1985 744 489 100 8 94 14 18 21 1987 1,151 821 137 12 119 27 14 21 1988 1,305 866 180 18 159 27 22 33 1989 1,427 913 216 16 196 27 22 37 19901 1,431 885 194 34 216 39 24 39 Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 1980 147 64 33 9 10 24 7 — 1985 118 70 13 6 12 7 8 2 1987 156 88 29 10 14 6 7 2 1988 164 94 30 10 11 8 8 3 1989 123 73 22 7 6 7 7 1 19901 150 72 36 13 11 9 7 2 Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 13 1980 92 50 14 — 15 7 5 1 1985 98 69 10 7 8 1 3 — 1987 97 82 8 — 4 1 2 — 1988 125 95 6 4 10 2 3 5 1989 88 61 9 1 7 3 2 5 19901 103 65 7 5 19 1 3 3 Incest 1980 138 95 20 1 15 1 3 3 1985 126 95 21 1 8 — — 1 1987 190 156 18 1 12 I — 2 1988 195 159 16 3 15 — 2 — 1989 162 134 6 1 17 — 3 1 19901 149 117 11 — 18 1 — 2 1 Provisional.