Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many cases of rape were (a) recorded and (b) prosecuted in each of the last three years in (i) the North East and (ii) England.

Figures for the number of offences of rape recorded by the police are published by the Office for National Statistics.

The number of defendants prosecuted in the North East and England for rape offences are published by the Ministry of Justice and can be found in the Court Outcomes by Police Force Area data tool in the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733996/court-outcomes-by-pfa-2017-update.xlsx

• To calculate the total for England, deselect ‘Dyfed-Powys’, ‘Gwent’, ‘North Wales’ and ‘South Wales’ in the ‘Police Force Area’ filter.
• To identify the North East, select ‘Cleveland’, ‘Durham’, ‘Humberside’, ‘North Yorkshire’, ‘Northumbria’, ‘South Yorkshire’ and ‘West Yorkshire’ in the ‘Police Force Area’ filter.
• For the number of prosecutions, filter ‘Court Type’ by ’02: Magistrates Court’.
• For rape offences, filter ‘Offence’ to:

o 19C Rape of a female aged 16 or over

o 19D Rape of a female aged under 16

o 19E Rape of a female child under 13 by a male

o 19F Rape of a male aged under 16

o 19G Rape of a male aged 16 or over

o 19H Rape of a male child under 13 by a male