§ Mr. WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were(a) reported for and (b) convicted of offences related to paedophilia and how many of the latter were repeat offenders in Wales in the last five years; [71004]
(2) how many of those convicted of offences relating to paedophilia (a) lived, (b) worked and (c) were reported within 10 kilometres of a children's home in Wales in the last five years; [71003]
(3) how many people were (a) reported and (b) convicted for offences related to paedophilia per person aged 18 and under in Wales, in the last five years. [71024]
§ Hilary BennThere is no definitive list of offences relating to paedophilia. The information collected centrally relates to a range of offences (including those involving direct contact with the victims and others that do not) against victims of a variety of ages, some of which span the legal age of consent to sexual activity.
The government have announced that they will publish in the autumn its plans for comprehensive reform of the framework of sexual offences.