Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2017 to Question 9826, what the total number of rape and sexual assault trials heard in the Crown Courts was during the same time period over which the sample of case files was selected by the Crown Prosecution Service to assess the frequency and outcome of applications seeking to introduce into rape proceedings evidence of the complainant's sexual history under section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999.

The number of finalised contest outcomes (inclusive of mixed pleas) for cases flagged as ‘rape’ on the Case Management System in 2016 was 2,929.

The number of finalised contest outcomes (inclusive of mixed pleas) for cases flagged as ‘sexual offences excluding rape’ on the Case Management System in 2016 was 3,348.