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<p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders found guilty of offences under section
12 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, as amended by Section 143 of the Criminal Justice
and Public Order Act 1994, where the victim is not specifically identified as an adult,
in England and Wales from 2008 to 2012 can be viewed in the table. The proportion
of offenders receiving immediate custody has increased significantly since 2008.</p><p>
</p><p>Section 142 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 amended section
1 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956, and findings of guilt for offences of rape of those
under the age of 16 under that Act cannot be disaggregated from findings of guilt
for such offences of rape under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 provided to the honourable
lady in respect to PQs 193577 and 193582.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Defendants
proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty and sentenced at all courts
for offences under Section 12 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956 <sup>(1)</sup>, as amended
by Section 143 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 <sup>(2)</sup>, England
and Wales, 2008 to 2012 <sup>(3)(4)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Outcome</p></td><td><p>2008
<sup>(5)</sup></p></td><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Proceeded against</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Found
guilty</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sentenced</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>of
which</em></p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Immediate
custody</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Custody rate<sup>
(6)</sup></p></td><td><p>93%</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p>92%</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>98%</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(1)
Section 12 of the Sexual Offences Act decribed buggery offences; the stats here are
presented where it was not specifically indentified the victim was 16 or over</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(2)
Act reduced homosexual age of consent from 21 to 18</p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(3)
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></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(4)
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> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(5) Excludes data for
Cardiff magistrates' court for April, July and August 2008.</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>(6)
The proportion of offenders sentenced who are sentenced to immediate custody.</p></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source:
Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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