Diana Johnson
To ask the Attorney-General how many referrals have been made to the Crown Prosecution Service by the police regarding child sexual offences in each of the last five years.
[Official Report, 1 November 2013, Vol. 569, c. 609-10W.]
Letter of correction from Oliver Heald:
An error has been identified in the written answer given to the hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Diana Johnson) on 1 November 2013.
The full answer given was as follows:
The Solicitor-General
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of referrals made to the CPS by the police for allegations of child sexual offences. The CPS does identify, by way of a monitoring flag, the number of pre-charge decisions made against suspects alleged to have been involved in the sexual abuse of children. The following table sets out the number of such decisions in each of the last five years:
Pre-Charge Decisions | |
|---|---|
2008-09 | 11,094 |
2009-10 | 12,691 |
2010-11 | 13,018 |
2011-12 | 11,613 |
2012-13 | 9,381 |
The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and offenders aged under 18.
The correct answer should have been:
The Solicitor-General
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) does not maintain a central record of the number of referrals made to the CPS by the police for allegations of child sexual offences. The CPS does identify, by way of a monitoring flag, the number of pre-charge decisions made against suspects alleged to have been involved in the abuse of children. The following table sets out the number of such decisions in each of the last five years:
Pre-Charge Decisions | |
|---|---|
2008-09 | 11,094 |
2009-10 | 12,691 |
2010-11 | 13,018 |
2011-12 | 11,613 |
2012-13 | 9,381 |
The CPS definition of child abuse covers any case where the victim was under 18 years of age at the time of the offence and allegations or crimes perpetrated by both adults and offenders aged under 18.