Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) total and (b) effective trials there were for the (i) rape of, (ii) sexual assault of and (iii) sexual activity with a child under the age of 13 in each of the last five years.
The attached table provides total listed trial and effective trial estimates at the Crown Court for the requested offences in England and Wales for 12 months to September 2017 – 2021.