Offences against Children: Convictions

(asked on 10th October 2025) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department holds information on whether offenders sentenced for sexual offences against children under 13 are the parents of minor children; and if he will make it his policy to publish such data.


Answered by
Jake Richards Portrait
Jake Richards
Assistant Whip
This question was answered on 20th October 2025

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on sentences for sexual offences, including average custodial sentence lengths, in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal justice statistics - GOV.UK

It is not possible to identify those who have a parental responsibility status. This information may be held in court records but to examine individual court records would be of disproportionate costs.

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