Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many child victims of sexual abuse reached the age of 18 before there case was heard; and how many of those people were then cross examined in each year from 2016.

The information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

The age of victims throughout the progression of a case through the Criminal Justice System and the number that were cross examined is not held centrally.