Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been (a) arrested and (b) charged on suspicion of committing an offence under section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 for allegedly disclosing private sexual photographs or films with intent to cause distress; and what the sex of the offenders was in each category.

The information requested is not held centrally by the Home Office.

The Home Office collects data on the number of arrests by each police force in England and Wales at offence group level (e.g. violence against the person, sexual offences etc.). This can be broken down by sex of the arrestee. However, the data cannot be broken down to identify the specific legislation (such as the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015) under which each arrest was made.

The Home Office receives data from police forces in England and Wales which show offences recorded by the police that resulted in one or more people being charged or summonsed. It is not possible to determine either the number of people charged for each offence or what section of an act someone was charged under.

The Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings Database holds information on defendants proceeded against, found guilty and sentenced for criminal offences in England and Wales.