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<p>The Home Office does not centrally collect information on the number of people
investigated by the police for offences recorded by the police. Additionally, the
police recorded crime data that the Home Office does collect are based on the number
of offences recorded, not the number of offenders.</p><p>The Ministry of Justice hold
data on the number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found
guilty at all courts of sexual offences against children, in England and Wales. The
available information, for 2010 to 2014, is given in the table</p>
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