Offences Against Children: Prosecutions

(asked on 7th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of sexual abuse of children by sports coaches are currently being prosecuted.


Answered by
Robert Buckland Portrait
Robert Buckland
This question was answered on 14th January 2019

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of defendants who are, or who were, sports coaches. This information could only be obtained by examining CPS case files, which would incur disproportionate cost.

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