Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women convicted of sexual activity with a child received a prison sentence in each of the last five years; and what the average prison sentence was for such (i) men and (ii) women.

Annual data is available in the ‘Criminal Justice Statistics Outcomes by Offence’ tool in Criminal Justice Statistics publication which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2016

Offences of sexual activity with a child under 13 and of sexual activity involving a child under 16 can be selected from the offence drop down box. Drop down boxes are also available for gender and age group.

Data on female offenders is not available prior to 2015 due to recording issues.

Data for 2017 is planned for publication later in May 2018.