Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convictions there have been under sections (a) 18, (b) 20, (c) 2a, (d) 47 and (f) 58 of the Offences Against The Person Act 1861.

The Ministry of Justice has published a National Statistics series on the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for these offences in England & Wales for 2014 – 2018. This data is available in the principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool available here: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804510/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2018.xlsx

• To select the number of individuals who were convicted under (a) section 18: filter ‘Offence code’ to ’00501’.

• To select the number of individuals who were convicted under (b) section 20: filter ‘Offence code’ to ’00801’.

• To select the number of individuals who were convicted under (d) section 47: filter ‘Offence code’ to ’00806’.

• To select the number of individuals who were convicted under (f) section 58: filter ‘Offence code’ to ’01401’.

Section 2a of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 has been repealed by the Homicide Act 1957 and as such data on convictions over the period is unavailable.