Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted under section 25 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each of the last five years, broken down by the recorded ethnicity of the defendant.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions and convictions for a wide range of criminal offences including those under section 25 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in England and Wales within the Outcomes by Offences data tool. This can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics. Data within the published tool can be disaggregated by ethnicity and sex.

The data specific to offences under section 25 of The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is available by selecting the HO offence filter and using the following codes

• 02304 - Sexual activity with a female child family member aged 13 to 17 - offender aged 18 or over – penetration
• 02305 - Sexual activity with a male child family member aged 13 to 17 - offender aged 18 or over – penetration
• 02306 - Sexual activity with a female child family member aged 13 to 17 - offender aged under 18 - no penetration
• 02307 - Sexual activity with a male child family member aged 13 to 17 - offender aged under 18 - no penetration
• 02314 - Sexual activity with a female child family member aged under 13 - offender aged 18 or over – penetration
• 02315 - Sexual activity with a male child family member aged under 13 - offender aged 18 or over – penetration
• 02316 - Sexual activity with a female child family member aged under 13 - offender aged under 18 - no penetration
• 02317 - Sexual activity with a male child family member - offender not 18 or over at time of offence and victim under 13
• 02322 - Sexual activity with a female child family member aged 13 to 17 - offender aged 18 or over - no penetration
• 02323 - Sexual activity with a male child family member aged 13 to 17 - offender aged 18 or over - no penetration
• 02324 – Sexual activity with a female child family member aged under 13 – offender aged 18 or over – no penetration
• 02325 - Sexual activity with a male child family member aged under 13 - offender aged 18 or over - no penetration
• 02330 - Sexual activity with a female child family member aged under 13 - offender aged under 18 – penetration
• 02331 - Sexual activity with a male child family member under 13 - offender under 18 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body
• 02332 - Sexual activity with a female child family member aged 13 to 17 - offender aged under 18 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body
• 02333 - Sexual activity with a male child family member aged 13 to 17 - offender aged under 18 - penetration of anus, vagina or mouth by penis or other part of body