HC Deb 20 July 2000 vol 354 cc325-6W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of alleged rape were reported in England and Wales in 1999 which resulted in charges being brought against the alleged perpetrators. [131164]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The number of cases reported to the police and persons charged for rape offences are not available centrally.

Initiatives May 1997–98 (£000) 1998–99 (£000) 1999–2000 (£000) 2000–01 (£000) Successful bids Percentage of total bids
Crime Reduction Programme
Crime Reduction Partnership Training and Support 0 0 800 5,642 —1 —1
Reducing Burglary 0 0 600 20,200 161 93
Targeted Policing 0 0 600 13,000 27 16
On Track 0 0 200 12,500 24 32
Work With Offenders 0 0 900 8,000 —2 —2
Intervention in Schools 0 0 600 6,000 —2 —2
Youth Inclusion Schemes 0 0 100 4,250 —1 —1
Sentencing and Restorative Justice 0 0 200 500 1 100
Design Against Crime 0 0 400 1,500 —1 —1
Drug Arrest Referral Schemes 0 0 700 9,000 —2 —2
CCTV 15,000 1,500 3,600 60,000 —2 —2
Violence against Women 0 0 0 5,000 34 16
Neighbourhood Wardens 0 0 0 1,500 —2 —2
Crime Fighting Fund3 0 0 0 59,000 43 100
Support After Murder and Manslaughter 0 43 100 100 —1 —1

The number of rape offences recorded by the police, and the number of cautions, prosecutions and convictions for rape offences1 are as follows:

Number
Rape offences recorded in 1999–2000 8,409
Cautions for offences of rape 19992 33
Prosecutions for offences of rape 19992 2,157
of which: Convictions 634
1 Includes offences of rape and attempted rape
2 Provisional

It should be noted that as the recorded crime figures relate to offences, and the number of cautions, prosecutions and convictions relate to defendants, the two types of data are not directly comparable.