§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children under the age of 18 years have been prosecuted for offences related to rape in(a) Wales and (b) England by age, in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [26990]
§ Mr. MichaelInformation on prosecutions is given in the tables. 719W
Table 2: Number of children prosecuted for certain sexual offences by age in England, 1992–96 Offence Year 10 11 12 Age 13 14 15 16 17 Indecent assault on a male 1992 — — — 1 10 3 12 13 1993 — — 1 6 7 6 12 6 1994 — 3 3 5 9 11 8 13 1995 — 1 — 3 11 8 18 12 1996 — — 2 1 5 15 18 15 Indecent assault on a female 1992 1 2 8 38 77 70 75 91 1993 — 3 13 45 66 85 85 84 1994 1 5 13 37 99 107 92 75 1995 — 2 22 58 83 115 88 92 1996 1 10 15 34 87 94 99 96 Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 1992 — — — — — 1 5 4 1993 — — — — — 4 3 10 1994 — — — 1 2 6 4 1 1995 — — — 2 1 3 5 3 1996 — — — 1 1 1 2 1 Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 1992 — — — — 2 3 3 9 1993 — — — — — 4 4 11 1994 — — — — 1 3 8 9 1995 — — — — 4 5 2 9 1996 — — — — 1 2 5 8