Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders sentenced for child sexual offences were given (a) a non-custodial sentence and (b) a custodial sentence of (i) less than 12 months, (ii) one to five years and (iii) more than five years in (A) 2017 and (B) 2018.
Sentencing outcomes in 2017 and 2018 for child sexual offences are published and available from our Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code data tool:
To filter by child sexual abuse offences (CSA), select all the offences from the ‘Offence code’ or ‘Detailed offence’ filter listed in Table 1.
To select the number of offenders sentenced for CSA given (b) a custodial sentence for (i) less than 12 months, combine the following custody rows (rows 42-48):
For (ii) one to five years, combine the following custody rows (rows 49-55):
For (iii) more than five years, combine the following custody rows (rows 56-60):