May. 20 2011
Source Page: Table showing the conviction rate and average custodial sentence length for each type of sexual offence in each region for the years 2005 to 2009. 2 p.Found: , number sentenced, sentence breakdown and average custodial sentence length, by sexual offence type
Mentions:
1: Lord Hogan-Howe (XB - Life peer) The problems of rape investigations, prosecutions and convictions are well known and understood; they - Speech Link
2: Baroness Stedman-Scott (Con - Life peer) The stark reality remains that too many victims of rape and sexual assault in the UK are being denied - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) boys can also be victims of sexual offences, including rape. - Speech Link
Nov. 12 2010
Source Page: Providing anonymity to those accused of rape: an assessment of evidence: Ministry of Justice Research Series 20/10. 55 p.Found: Figure 4.3a shows how convictions for rape and other sexual and violent offences have changed over
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham Edgbaston)
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Solicitor General, what steps she is taking to help ensure effective prosecutions in cases of violence against women and girls in Birmingham, Edgbaston constituency.
Answered by Lucy Rigby - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office)
Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a national emergency and through the Safer Streets Mission, this Government will deliver on our ambition to halve VAWG in a decade. A key part will be delivering effective prosecutions, and we continue to see improvements in the prosecution of VAWG offences.
As Solicitor General, I superintend the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), which is continuing to transform its approach to adult rape prosecution through the implementation of its new national operating model, based on robust evidence from Operation Soteria. Through this work, the CPS has seen substantial increases in referral, charge, and prosecution volumes for adult rape.
These improvements have also informed the Domestic Abuse Joint Justice Plan with policing which launched in November 2024. Better partnership with policing has already led to modest initial increases in domestic abuse referrals, setting a strong foundation for future improvements.
To address the increasingly complexity of VAWG offending and the holistic needs of victims, the CPS will also begin implementation of its 2025-30 VAWG strategy this spring. This will ensure prosecutors have the right skills and tools to prosecute VAWG effectively.
I was delighted to give a keynote address at a joint CPS, Home Office, and National Police Chiefs’ Council conference on tackling honour-based abuse held in Birmingham last week. On the same day, I met with the Chief Crown Prosecutor for the West Midlands and the Area’s Victim Liaison Unit and heard directly from CPS staff about the critical work they are doing to prosecute VAWG offences.
In the West Midlands police force area in 2023-24, the CPS prosecuted 1,596 domestic abuse flagged cases (an increase from 1,543 in 2022-23), 135 rape flagged cases (an increase from 108 in 2022-23), and 419 sexual offences (excluding rape flagged) cases (an increase from 295 in 2022-23).
Written Evidence Jan. 09 2025
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: as Rape and Serious Sexual Offences (RASSO) lawyers. 1) Summary of evidence: The evidence found below
Mentions:
1: Mary Glindon (Lab - Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend) The road to justice for so many victims of rape and serious sexual offences is long and falls desperately - Speech Link
2: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) and serious sexual offences. - Speech Link
3: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) We will publish the findings of our review in the new year.Victims of rape and sexual offences can request - Speech Link
4: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) and sexual offences—both at court and across the whole of their journey through the system. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) services through the rape and sexual abuse support fund. - Speech Link
2: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) £26 million rape and sexual abuse support fund and the funding of independent domestic and sexual violence - Speech Link
3: Christine Jardine (LD - Edinburgh West) Just 6% of all offences are reported, and there are even lower rates for rape and sexual assault convictions - Speech Link
4: Gareth Snell (LAB - Stoke-on-Trent Central) is dependent on rape and sexual abuse funding and funding that it receives from the police and crime - Speech Link
5: Jayne Kirkham (LAB - Truro and Falmouth) I have previously asked about delayed rape and sexual offences cases at Truro Crown court. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None Jury trials are a pillar of our justice system for the most serious offences, and that will never change - Speech Link
2: Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (LD - Life peer) Offenders are in custody on remand for unacceptable periods and prosecutions are dropped on many occasions - Speech Link
3: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) Victims are waiting years for justice and the attrition rate in rape cases has more than doubled in the - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Apsana Begum (Ind - Poplar and Limehouse) and non-contact sexual offences, which highlights the need to ensure that victims feel confident in - Speech Link
2: Steve Yemm (Lab - Mansfield) crimes are violence and sexual offences. - Speech Link
3: John Slinger (Lab - Rugby) offences and subsequent offences. - Speech Link
4: Tom Hayes (Lab - Bournemouth East) in Dorset, yet in the year ending June 2024 there were 36 prosecutions and 14 convictions for rape. - Speech Link
5: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Stamford) and serious sexual offences. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alex Davies-Jones (Lab - Pontypridd) For far too long, the way in which survivors of rape and sexual offences have been treated has been unacceptable - Speech Link
2: Alex Brewer (LD - North East Hampshire) rape and serious sexual assault. - Speech Link
3: Jen Craft (Lab - Thurrock) In my constituency of Thurrock alone, 317 sexual offences and 1,841 incidents of stalking and harassment - Speech Link
4: Mims Davies (Con - East Grinstead and Uckfield) and other sexual offences: it was a game changer for women in policing, and had the impact that was - Speech Link