Offences against Children: Victims

(asked on 1st November 2021) - View Source

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.


Answered by
Tom Pursglove Portrait
Tom Pursglove
Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
This question was answered on 9th November 2021

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.

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