Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) men and (b) women convicted of sexual activity with a child received a (i) conditional discharge, (ii) fine, (iii) community order and (iv) suspended prison sentence in each of the last five years.

Annual data is available in the ‘Criminal Justice Statistics Outcomes by Offence’ tool in Criminal Justice Statistics publication which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2016

Offences of sexual activity with a child under 13 and of sexual activity involving a child under 16 can be selected from the offence drop down box. Drop down boxes are also available for gender and age group.

Data on female offenders is not available prior to 2015 due to recording issues.

Data for 2017 is planned for publication later in May 2018.