Rape and Sexual Offences: Prosecutions

Select Committee

WAFFU0099 - Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up (2023)

Written Evidence Mar. 12 2025

Inquiry: Women in the Armed Forces: Follow-Up
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Defence Committee (Department: Ministry of Defence)

Found: with considerable suspicion.WAFFU0099 POLICING/PROSECUTIONS Downgrading sexual or domestic abuse offences

Bill Documents
24 Apr 2025 - Written evidence
Written evidence submitted by Not Buying It (CPB60)
Crime and Policing Bill 2024-26

Found: Such groups however, represent, at best, just 11% of those selling sex and potentially pimps and other

National Audit Office
Crime, justice and law - Jan. 31 2025
Report - Tackling violence against women and girls (PDF)

Found: It covers crimes including rape and other sexual offences, stalking, domestic abuse, ‘honour’-based

Lords Chamber
Crown Court Criminal Case Backlog - Thu 20 Mar 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) Seriously delayed cases included 21% for violence and 18% for sexual offences. - Speech Link
2: Lord Bishop of London (Bshp - Bishops) , serious sexual offences and violent crimes. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) cases, such as rape cases and so on. - Speech Link
4: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) and serious sexual offences. - Speech Link

Deposited Papers
Ministry of Justice

Feb. 10 2010

Source Page: 15 tables showing convictions for various crimes.
Document: DEP2010-0398.xls (Excel)

Found: Table 1: Number of Persons found Guilty at All Courts for Drug Offences, by Gender and Age Group, from

Deposited Papers
Ministry of Justice

Mar. 01 2010

Found: Table 1: Number of Persons found Guilty at All Courts for Drug Offences, by Gender and Age Group, from

Commons Chamber
Courts and Tribunals: Sitting Days - Wed 05 Mar 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) Jury trials are a pillar of our justice system for the most serious offences, and that will never change - Speech Link
2: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) We have ringfenced funding for victims of rape and serious sexual offences, as well as domestic abuse - Speech Link
3: Yasmin Qureshi (Lab - Bolton South and Walkden) Yesterday, the Public Accounts Committee published a report that says that rape and serious sexual offences - Speech Link
4: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) Those independent legal advisers will ensure that rape victims’ rights in law are respected and that - Speech Link
5: Dave Robertson (Lab - Lichfield) The worst cases he has raised with me include serious sexual assault and rape cases that have been delayed - Speech Link

Select Committee

VAWG0058 - Tackling Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG)

Written Evidence Mar. 17 2025

Committee: Public Accounts Committee

Found: , sexual identity, gender identity, and age.

Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Tue 28 Jan 2025
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) I do not recall seeing him standing up and speaking about delays for rape victims, or indeed any other - Speech Link
2: Sarah Sackman (Lab - Finchley and Golders Green) We are therefore funding the rape and sexual abuse support fund to the tune of £26 million, as well as - Speech Link
3: Chris Webb (Lab - Blackpool South) It has been revealed that just 4% of rape and sexual offences reported to Lancashire police in the past - Speech Link
4: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) rape and sexual offences. - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Home Office

Feb. 25 2025

Found: , Sexual offences prevalence and victim characteristics, England and Wales - Office for National Statistics