Offences against Children: Sentencing
(asked on 7th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women convicted of sexual activity with a child received a prison sentence in each of the last five years; and what the average prison sentence was for (i) men and (ii) women.
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on convictions and sentencing in England and Wales. This information, relating to specific offences, can be found using the Outcomes by Offence data tool.
Filter by offence to include the following offences:
21.1 Sexual activity with a child under 13 - indictable only
21.2 Sexual activity with a child under 13 - offender aged under 18 - triable either way
21.3 Sexual activity with a child under 13 - offender aged 18 or over or age of offender unspecified - triable either way
22.1 Sexual activity involving a child under 16 - indictable only
22.2 Sexual activity involving a child under 16 - offender aged under 18 - triable either way
22.3 Sexual activity involving a child under 16 - offender aged 18 or over - triable either way
22A.1 Causing sexual activity without consent - penetration
22A.2 Causing sexual activity without consent - no penetration
Add the ‘Sex’ filter to the rows field below ‘Values’
The number of males, females and defendants where sex is not known who were a) convicted, b) sentenced, c) sentenced to custody and d) their average custodial sentence length will then be shown in rows a) 32-34, b) 36-38, c) 76-78, and d) 152-154. The proportion of those sentenced who received a custodial sentence can be found by dividing ‘Total Immediate Custody’ by ‘Sentenced’.