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<p> </p><p> </p><p>Between 27 April 2012 and 31 May 2014 the ACPO Criminal Records
Office received 24 notifications concerning convictions for the rape of a minor; 15
concerning sexual exploitation of children; 39 concerning sexual assault of a minor
and 40 relating to child pornography. These statistics are only for notifications
from the 19 EU countries with which the UK exchanges criminal records electronically.
<br><br>Between 1 January 2010 and 26 April 2012 the ACPO Criminal Records received
56 notifications concerning convictions for sexual offences against children and 23
notifications concerning child pornography. These figures are for notifications from
all EU Member States. <br><br>Between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2014 the ACPO Criminal
Records Office received 34 notifications concerning convictions for sexual offences
against children and 8 concerning child pornography. These notifications are from
countries outside the European Union. Information in this form was not available prior
to 1 June 2012. <br><br>Separate records from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(FCO) show that there were 51 new cases of child sex offences in 2013 and, so far
this year, 31 new cases of child pornography. These will involve people seeking consular
assistance from the FCO and so will include individuals in custody, not just those
who have been convicted. There may also be some overlap between the FCO statistics
and those from the ACPO Criminal Records Office. <br><br>Information is not held centrally
on the number of these people who were working or volunteering in children’s homes
and schools, whether inside or outside the United Kingdom.</p><p> </p>
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