Offences against Children
(asked on 18th November 2014) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) men and (b) women were (i) arrested, (ii) charged and (iii) cautioned for sexual activity with a child in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 1st December 2014
Data on arrests and resultant charges for sexual activity with a child are not held centrally by the Home Office.
Data on cautions for sexual activity with a child, supplied by the Ministry of Justice, are given in the table.
| Number of males and females cautioned for sexual activity | |||||
| with a child aged under 16, England and Wales, 2009-2013 | |||||
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Males | 343 | 382 | 420 | 431 | 341 |
| females | 16 | 14 | 12 | 18 | 17 |
| Total | 359 | 396 | 432 | 449 | 358 |
| Source: Ministry of Justice | |||||