Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been (a) charged, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for offences under the Offences against The Person Act 1861, section 23, and section 24 in each year since 2010.

The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions and convictions under the Offences against the Person Act 1861 in England and Wales, from 2013 to 2020, in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes by Home Office offence code’ data tool, available here:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx

The Ministry of Justice does not hold information on initial charges brought.

Data showing the number of defendants prosecuted and convicted under section 23 and 24 of this Act, in England and Wales from 2010 to 2020 (latest available) can be found in the attached table.

The data supplied is a subset of published information from the Courts Proceedings database.