§ Mr. BakerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of(a) rape of men and (b) other sexual assaults on men were reported in the last year for which figures are available; how many such incidents attracted charges; and how many convictions have resulted. [116103]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe numbers of reported incidents and charges are not collected centrally. The number of recorded rapes of men and indecent assaults on men, and the number of defendants proceeded against and offenders convicted of these offences in England and Wales for the year ending September 1999, are as follows:
Rape of a male Indecent assault on a male Number of offences recorded in year ended September 1999 571 3,682 Number of defendants proceeded against in year ended September 19991 107 562 Number of offenders convicted in year ended September 19991 54 438 1 Provisional data It should be noted that as the recorded crime figures relate to offences, and the numbers proceeded against and convicted relate to offenders, the two types of data cannot be directly compared.