§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been for incitement to racial hatred each year since 1965 under
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Table A Number of persons convicted of child sex offences 1981–19911
England and Wales
Offence 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 19911 Buggery with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman or an animal 147 126 149 118 150 147 195 232 183 189 168 Attempt to commit buggery with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman or an animal 10 5 12 22 17 20 20 31 26 18 26 Indecent assault on a male aged under 16 years 509 506 533 511 528 410 430 460 406 421 351 section 5a of the Public Order Act 1936 and subsequently sections 17 to 23 of the Public Order Act 1986; and how many of these prosecutions have been successful.
§ Mr. JackInformation for 1979 to 1991, which is provisional, is given in the table. Data for 1965 to 1978 are not available.
Number of prosecutions at magistrates' courts and convictions at all courts under Section 5A of the Public Order Act 1936 and Sections
17 to 23 of the Public Order Act 19861, 1979 to 1991
Year Prosecutions Convictions 1979 3 2 1980 — — 1981 3 1 1982 4 4 1983 2 1 1984 11 2 1985 25 8 1986 4 11 1987 11 6 1988 22 2 1989 28 2 1990 45 4 19912 67 3 1 Came into force on 1 January 1987. 2 Provisional.