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755120

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	Her Majesty's Government how many persons have been convicted of a sexual offence other than rape in each of the last five years.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL1128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/08/2017 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty of sexual offences, broken down to those found guilty of rape and of other sexual offences, in England and Wales, from 2012 to 2016 can be viewed in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Offenders found guilty at all courts of sexual offences, England and Wales, 2012 to 2016 <sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Offence</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All</p></td><td><p>5,728</p></td><td><p>5,665</p></td><td><p>6,251</p></td><td><p>6,885</p></td><td><p>7,511</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of which</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rape</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>1,121</p></td><td><p>1,164</p></td><td><p>1,297</p></td><td><p>1,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Others</p></td><td><p>4,583</p></td><td><p>4,544</p></td><td><p>5,087</p></td><td><p>5,588</p></td><td><p>6,159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. <table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Lord Keen of Elie grouped question UIN HL1127 question first answered 03/08/2017 15:05:03 answering member 4538 label Biography information for Lord Keen of Elie
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

759027

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convictions there were for the offences of (1) gross indecency, (2) attempted gross indecency, (3) buggery, and (4) attempted buggery, in England and Wales from 1987 to 2003.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL1474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of all gross indecency and buggery offences in England and Wales from 1987 to 2003 can be viewed in the table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Offenders found guilty at all courts of selected sexual offences, England and Wales, 1987-2003<sup>(1)(2)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Buggery</p></td><td><p>Gross Indecency and Indecency between males</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1987</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1988</p></td><td><p>328</p></td><td><p>1,579</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989</p></td><td><p>257</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1990</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>1,324</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991</p></td><td><p>229</p></td><td><p>845</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992</p></td><td><p>213</p></td><td><p>807</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1993</p></td><td><p>187</p></td><td><p>592</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994</p></td><td><p>189</p></td><td><p>669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995</p></td><td><p>169</p></td><td><p>565</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>381</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>120</p></td><td><p>404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>295</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p>267</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>294</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(1) Includes the following offences: Buggery includes Sexual Offences Act 1967 Section 1(4),3(1),12, Justice and Public Order 1994 sec 143, 144.Sexual offences Act 2000 sec1. Gross Indecency and Indecency between males includes Criminal Justice and Public 1994 Sec 144, Sexual Offences(Amendment) Act 2000 Sec 1, Indecency with Children Act 1960 Sec 1.</p><p>(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p><p>(3) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.</p><p>Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/10/2017 14:15:41 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

1581654

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2023
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the courts service record the gender of a person convicted of a sexual assault as “male” if they possess male genitalia, regardless of their preferred gender identity.
	tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
	uin	HL5191
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2023 answer text <p>Courts are required by the Courts Act 2003 and Criminal Procedure Rules to ask defendants to provide name, date of birth and nationality (the latter now only after sentence and in circumstances specified by the relevant rule). If and once an individual is remanded or sentenced into prison custody, HM Prison Service records their legal gender. Where the individual’s self-identified gender differs, this is also recorded, whilst making clear on the record that this is not their legally recognised gender.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to alter these procedures.</p> answering member printed Lord Bellamy question first answered 14/02/2023 15:18:00 answering member 4941 label Biography information for Lord Bellamy
	tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

1038001

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted sex offenders were found guilty of further sexual offences in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206333
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206331 206332 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1037995

	registered interest
	date	08/01/2019
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people on the sex offenders register have been subsequently convicted of further sexual offences by category of offence in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	206332
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2019 answer text <p>Table 1: Number of offenders<sup>1</sup> convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence and did not receive an immediate custodial sentence for their first sexual offence conviction, England and Wales<sup>2</sup>, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year Ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>389</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2: Number of offenders1 convicted of a sexual offence who already have at least one previous conviction for a sexual offence, England and Wales2, annually from year ending June 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending June</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of offenders</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>852</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>811</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>801</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Ministry of Justice extract of the Police National Computer</p><p>Notes:</p><p>1) Each individual offender is counted only once for each year but may be counted in multiple years.</p><p>2) England and Wales includes all 43 police force areas plus the British Transport Police.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office are responsible for management of the sex offender register, the Ministry of Justice does not hold details of offenders on the sex offender register and so can not identify details of any further convictions of these offenders.</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer grouped question UIN 206331 206333 question first answered 16/01/2019 17:09:52 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1418600

	registered interest
	date	01/02/2022
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent steps he has taken to help improve conviction rates for rape and sexual assaults.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	115907
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2022 answer text <p>We are determined to make the criminal justice system far more sensitive to the needs of victims, and relentless in pursuing their perpetrators.</p><p>To meet that aim, we are:</p><ol><li>on track to recruit 20,000 Police Officers by the end of Parliament. We have also recruited 500 new Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) prosecutors and trained 100 Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) specialists;</li><li>rolling out Operation Soteria, a new investigatory model which focuses on the suspect’s, rather than the victim’s, behaviour;</li><li>when the victim of rape gets to trial, we are giving them the option to pre-record their evidence (Section 28) so they are spared the ordeal of giving evidence under the glare of the courtroom;</li><li>increasing funding for victim support services to £185 million by 2024/25, which will increase the number of Independent Sexual and Domestic Violence Advisors we fund to over 1,000;</li><li>extending The Rape Support Fund until March 2023, to ensure support services have the funding stability they need to meet demand. Core funding for rape support centres through this fund has increased by 50% this financial year (21/22), from £8m to £12m per annum;</li><li>introducing a single source of 24/7 support for victims of rape and sexual violence;</li><li>introducing systematic and cultural change to ensure that victims feel supported through our Rape Review Action Plan; and</li><li>our plans for a new Victims’ Law will make sure all victims have confidence that they will be listened to and supported at every step of the way.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency South Suffolk answering member printed James Cartlidge question first answered 09/02/2022 17:53:19 answering member 4519 label Biography information for James Cartlidge
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1359487

	registered interest
	date	15/10/2021
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to improve conviction rates for rape and sexual assault offences.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	56568
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>In June 2021, in response to falling rates of prosecutions in rape and serious sexual offence cases and concerns around victims feeling they are not able to pursue their case, this government published the end-to-end Rape Review report and action plan.</p><p>The Action Plan sets out transformative action across the Criminal Justice System to address the reasons for the decrease in prosecutions since 2016 across four areas:</p><ul><li>Holding each part of the Criminal Justice System accountable for driving improvement through publication of transparent performance metrics (e.g. on timeliness and quality of cases) and improved governance through a ministerial-chaired taskforce with specific responsibility for implementation of the Rape Review action plan;</li><li>Providing quality support to every victim of rape and sexual assault, which is appropriate to their needs, when they need it;</li><li>Transforming the way the police and CPS investigate and prosecute cases by focusing investigations on the behaviour of the suspect rather than the behaviour of the victim; and</li><li>Improving the victim’s experience of court, without compromising the principle of a fair trial, by reviewing the use of evidence presented in court and ensuring consistent practice in courts across the country.</li></ul> answering member constituency Louth and Horncastle answering member printed Victoria Atkins question first answered 26/10/2021 13:12:42 answering member 4399 label Biography information for Victoria Atkins
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

677592

	registered interest
	date	23/01/2017
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the conviction rate for (a) rape and (b) sexual assault charges was in (i) Nottinghamshire and (ii) England in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
	uin	61156
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>Information on convictions for 2016, including that for sexual offences, is planned for publication in May 2017</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 27/01/2017 12:46:55 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
	tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1015392

	registered interest
	date	27/11/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Justice
	answering dept id	54
	answering dept short name	Justice
	answering dept sort name	Justice
	hansard heading	Sexual Offences: Convictions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the conviction rates were for (a) sexual offences and (b) rape in the 12 months to June (i) 2018 and (ii) in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Stockport
	tabling member printed	Ann Coffey
	uin	196111
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2018 answer text <p>The conviction ratio for sex offences for year ending June 2008 to 2018 can be found in published table Q3.3 in the Overview Tables found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/756067/overview-tables-june-2018.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/756067/overview-tables-june-2018.ods</a></p><p>The latest published number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts for rape offences from 2007 to 2017 relate to the year ending December 2017 and can be found in the Outcomes by offence data tool in the annual Criminal Justice Statistics publication, found here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx</a></p><p>Search for ‘rape’ in the ‘Offence’ drop down box and select the following offences:</p><ul><li>19C Rape of a female aged 16 or over</li><li>19D Rape of a female aged under 16</li><li>19E Rape of a female child under 13 by a male</li><li>19F Rape of a male aged under 16</li><li>19G Rape of a male aged 16 or over</li><li>19H Rape of a male child under 13 by a male</li></ul><p>To calculate the conviction ratio, divide the number of convictions by the number of prosecutions for each year. Final court proceedings data for 2018 are planned for publication in May 2019</p> answering member constituency South East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Lucy Frazer question first answered 03/12/2018 16:38:59 answering member 4517 label Biography information for Lucy Frazer
	tabling member	458 label Biography information for Ann Coffey