Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) reported cases, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions of rape there have been in Wales since March 2020.

The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions for rape offences in England and Wales, up to December 2020, available in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool.

This can be found here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx

In the data tool linked above, type ‘rape’ into the ‘Offence’ filter and select all results that appear (19C-19H).

In order to isolate defendants dealt with in Wales, use the ‘Police Force Area’ filter to deselect all options except Gwent, Dyfed-Powys, North Wales and South Wales. In order to isolate defendants dealt with since the end of March 2020, deselect all years except 2020, then drag the ‘Quarter’ variable into the ‘Columns’ field of the pivot tool. Q2-Q4 shows figures for April to the end of December 2020.

Information on ‘reported cases’ is not centrally held within the Ministry of Justice Court Proceedings database.