Written Question
Wednesday 20th December 2023
Asked by:
Baroness Barker (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question
to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people who have acquired Gender Recognition Certificates using section 1(1)(b) of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 have subsequently been arrested, charged or convicted in connection with any act of violent crime, including but not restricted to sexual offences.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom
- Shadow Minister (Business and Trade)
The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests in England and Wales, by offence group including “violence against the person” and “sexual offences”, and by sex, as part of the Police Powers and Procedures statistical bulletin, available here: Police powers and procedures England and Wales statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
The Home Office also collects and publishes data on charged/summonsed in England and Wales, by offence group including “violence against the person” and “sexual offences”, as part of the quarterly crime outcomes statistics, available here: Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
However, data is not collected in either collection on whether the person holds a Gender Recognition Certificate.
The Home Office does not routinely collect data on criminal convictions. Information on criminal convictions, by offence group and sex, is collected and published by the Ministry of Justice in their Criminal justice statistics: Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
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