HC Deb 23 July 2004 vol 424 cc875-6W
Mr. Andrew Turner

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of unlawful sexual intercourse with a child under 16 years were(a) recorded and (b) successfully prosecuted in each police area in the last year for which information is available. [182382]

Paul Goggins

In England and Wales during 2002–03 there were 1,514 recorded crimes for the offence of unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16. In 2002, in all courts in England and Wales, there were 228 for this offence. For the offence of unlawful sexual intercourse convictions with a girl under 13, there were 187 recorded crimes in 2002–03 and 47 convictions in 2002. There were no equivalent recorded crimes for a boy of these ages.

These statistics are not published at Police Force Area level.