Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many sexual offences were prosecuted which involved a person aged under 18-years old where that person was (a) matched and (b) unmatched with a registered intermediary in 2017.

556 requests for a registered intermediary for a witness under 18 years old have been received from the Crown Prosecution Service. Of these, 526 were matched, 17 unmatched, 8 cancelled and 5 are in progress.