Offences against Children
(asked on 27th January 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of paying for the sexual services of a child under the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each calendar year since 2010.
The number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates’ courts and found guilty at all courts of offences of paying for the sexual services of a child, under section 47 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, in England and Wales from 2010 to 2014, can be viewed in the table.
Charging data is not held by the Ministry of Justice.
Court proceedings data for 2015 are planned for publication in May 2016.
Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' court, found guilty and sentenced at all courts for offences relating to paying for sexual services of a child, under the Sexual Offences Act 2003, England & Wales, 2010 to 2014(1)(2)(3) | |||||||
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Offence |
| Outcome | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
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Offences relating to paying for sexual services(4) |
| Proceeded against | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
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| Found Guilty | 3 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 3 | |
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(-) = Nil |
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(1) The figures given in the table on court proceedings relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. | |||||||
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(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. | |||||||
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(3) The number of defendants found guilty in a particular year may exceed the number proceeded against as the proceedings in the magistrates' court took place in an earlier year and the defendants were found guilty at the Crown Court in the following year; or the defendants were found guilty of a different offence to that for which they were originally proceeded against. | |||||||
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(4) Includes the following offences: |
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Paying for sex with a female child under 16 - no penetration |
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Paying for sex with a male child under 16 - no penetration |
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Paying for sex with a female child under 13 - penetration |
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Paying for sex with a male child under 16 - penetration |
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Paying for sex with a female child under 16 - penetration |
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Paying for sex with a female child 16 or 17 |
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Paying for sex with a male child 16 or 17 |
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Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice. |
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Ref: PQC 24517 |
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