HC Deb 11 February 1994 vol 237 cc530-1W
Sir Ivan Lawrence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions over the past decade any male under the age of 21 years has been(a)prosecuted or (b) prosecuted and convicted for the offence of buggery.

Mr. Maclean

Information for 1982 to 1992 is given in the table.

1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions
Assault with intent to commit buggery 1 1 2 1
1 Includes persons proceeded against in earlier years or for other offences.

Note: Generally, attempting, conspiring, inciting, aiding, abetting, causing or permitting a crime is classified under the heading of the crime itself.

Number of nudes aged under 21 prosecuted at the magistrates courts and convicted 1 at all courts of buggery offences—1987 to 1992 England and Wales
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions
With a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman or an animal 32 27 50 40 42 30 46 31 53 19 37 30
By a man with a male person of me age of 16 or over without consent 6 3 4 1 3 2 4 6 5 2 2
By a man of the age of 21 or over with another male person under the age of 21 with consent 2 4 4 2 1 2 1 2 1
By a man with another male person other than above 3 1 3 5 1 1 3 2 4 5 2
Male member of staff of hospital or mental nursing home committing buggery or an act of gross indecency on a male patient
Man committing buggery or an act of gross indecency with mentally disordered male patient who is subject to his care
Attempt to commit buggery with a boy under the age of 16 or with a woman or an animal 6 6 10 6 6 5 5 2 4 5 5 3
Attempt by a man to commit buggery with a male person of the age of 16 or over without consent 2 1
Attempt by a man of the age of 21 or over to commit buggery with another male person under the age of 21 with his consent 1 2
Attempt by a man to commit buggery with another male person other than above 1 1
Assault with intent to commit buggery 1 1 1 1 1 2
1 Includes persons proceeded against in earlier years or for other offences.

Note: Generally, attempting, conspiring, inciting, aiding, betting, causing or permitting a crime is classified under the heading of the crime itself.

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