HC Deb 06 July 1999 vol 334 cc479-81W
Mrs. Golding

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children under 16 years of age have been charged with prostitution offences broken down by age in each year from 1989. [89582]

Number of offenders cautioned and defendants prosecuted in magistrates courts for prostitution related offences, England and Wales, 1989–97
Aged 10 Aged 11 Aged 12 Aged 13 Aged 14 Aged 15
Caut. Proc. Caut. Proc. Caut. Proc. Caut. Proc. Caut. Proc. Caut. Proc.
Kerb-crawling (Sexual Offences Act 1985 s1)
Males
1990 1
1996 1
1997 1
Females
1993 1
Persons
1990 1
1993 1
1996 1
1997 1
Persistent soliciting of women for the purpose of prostitution (Sexual Offences Act s2)
Males
1990 1
Females
1996 2
Persons
1990 1
1995
1996 2
Common prostitute loitering or soliciting for the purposes of prostitution (Street Offences Act 1959 sl)
Males
1990 1 1
1992 1
1995 1 1
Females
1989 3 9 32 6
1990 2 3 13 1 19 3
1991 1 3 5 10 34 6
1992 1 1 1 1 6 1 41 10
1993 5 32 1 32 8
1994 1 1 5 3 19 5 25 14
1995 2 4 11 1 27 8
1996 1 1 5 16 31 6
1997 4 11 1 42 6

Mr. Boateng

Detailed information on the number of people charged is not collected centrally. Available information, taken from the Home Office Cautions and Court Proceedings Databases, on the number of persons aged under 16 cautioned or prosecuted for prostitution related offences is given in the table.

Number of offenders cautioned and defendants prosecuted in magistrates courts for prostitution related offences, England and Wales, 1989–97
Aged 10 Aged 11 Aged 12 Aged 13 Aged 14 Aged 15
Caut. Proc. Caut. Proc. Caut. Proc. Caut. Proc. Caut. Proc. Caut. Proc.
Persons
1989 3 9 32 6
1990 2 3 13 2 19 4
1991 1 3 5 10 34 6
1992 1 1 1 1 6 1 42 10
1993 5 32 1 32 8
1994 1 1 5 3 19 5 25 14
1995 2 4 11 11 28 9
1996 1 1 5 16 31 6
1997 4 11 1 42 6
Male soliciting or importuning in public place for immoral purposes (Sexual Offences Act 1956 s32)
1989 1
1991 1
1992 2 2
1993 3 1
1994 1 1

Note:

Years in which no cautions or prosecutions were reported to the Home Office have been excluded

Mrs. Golding

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were charged with living off the immoral earnings of child prostitutes in each year since 1989; and what was the average sentence for such offenders on conviction. [89583]

Mr. Boateng

Detailed information on the number of people charged is not collected centrally.

Although the Home Office Cautions and Court Proceedings Databases identify persons cautioned or proceeded against for offences of living off immoral earnings or exercising control over prostitute (S30 and S31 combined of the Sexual Offences Act 1956), they do not hold information on the age of the prostitute.