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<p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of the offences
specified in the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000,
the Indecency with Children Act 1960, the Sexual Offences Act 1967 and the Criminal
Law Act 1977, in England and Wales, from 2008 to 2012 is provided in the attached
tables.</p><p> </p><p>Please note that offences under the Sexual Offences Act 2003
sections 9 to 12, 14 to 19, 25 to 26, 47 to 50 provide data where the victim can be
specifically identified as a child, whereas offences under sections 3, 4, 52 to 53,
57 to 59, 61 and 66 to 67, are not specific to the age of the victim.</p><p> </p><p>The
tables do not include data for offences under section 5 of the Sexual Offences Act
1967, or under section 3 of the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 2000. These offences,
along with section 54 of the Criminal Law Act 1977, were repealed by the Sexual Offences
Act 2003 and there have been no convictions in the last four years.</p><p> </p><p>The
number of offenders found guilty of offences under section 2 of the Sexual Offences
Act 2003 was provided in answer to PQ 193582 and can be found at<em> Official Report
</em>c638W, 1 April 2014. It is not possible to separate out the age of the victims
of offences under section 2.</p><p> </p><p>Similarly, it is not possible to separate
out the age of the victim of offences committed under sections 30 – 41 Sexual Offences
Act 2003 from centrally held data. For data on offences under this legislation as
a whole, I refer the honourable lady to the answer provided to PQ 193810, which can
be found at <em>Official Report </em> column 136W, 7 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Section
20 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 deals with offences in Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Statistics for these offences in Scotland are a matter for the Scottish Government,
with those in Northern Ireland being a matter for the Department of Justice Northern
Ireland</p><p> </p><p>Court proceedings data for England and Wales for 2013 are planned
for publication in May 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Government takes very seriously all
matters relating to the sexual abuse of children and adults. Our laws in these areas
are rightly robust and clear. The 2003 Act, which came into effect in May 2004, significantly
modernised and strengthened the laws on sexual offences in England and Wales.</p><p>
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