HC Deb 18 July 2001 vol 372 c285W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been in

The number of defendants prosecuted at the magistrates court and convicted at all courts, by age, for possessing obscene material for gain, England and Wales 1999
Offence Short title of principal statute Age Total prosecuted Total convicted
Possessing obscene material for gain Obscene Publications Act 1959 S.2 as amended by the Obscene Publications Act 1964 Sec.1 All ages 131 96
of which:
16 2 —
17 2 2
Take or to make indecent photographs, or pseudo-photographs, of children Protection of Children Act 1978 Secs 1, 6 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 Sec. 84 All ages 175 139
of which:
16 — —
17 — —
Possession of an indecent photograph, or pseudo-photograph, of a child Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1988 Sec. 160 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 Secs 84(4) and 86(1) All ages 163 99
of which:
16 — —
17 — —