Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of the total number of offenders convicted of cruelty to children were (a) men and (b) women in the last year for which information is available.

The information requested can be found at :

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428943/cjs-outcomes-by-offence-data-tool.xls. (Open the `Pivot Table’ tab, select `Offence’, then `11 Cruelty and neglect of children’, then select `Sex’, (male, female, unstated)).