Pornography: Children
Lorely Burt: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there have been of those under the age of (a) 18 and (b) 16 years for the possession of child pornography.
Mr. Sutcliffe: The following table shows data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform, namely the number of defendants under18 years convicted for the possession of child pornography.
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Number of defendants aged under 18 years and under 16 years convicted of selected child pornography offences at all courts, England and Wales, 2005( 1, 2) |
Statute |
Offence |
Aged 10 to 15 |
Aged 16 to 17 |
Total |
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8602 |
Protection of Children Act 1978 Section 1 as amended by Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, Sec 84 and Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 S.41(1). |
Take, permit to be taken, or to make distribute or publish indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children |
3 |
6 |
9 |
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8610 |
Criminal Justice Act 1988 Sec. 160 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000. |
Possession of an indecent photograph or pseudo-photograph. |
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2 |
2 |
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Total |
3 |
8 |
11 | ||
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(1) These data are on the principal offence basis.
(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used. |
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Source: Hansard 19.02.07
Page Created: Wed, March 14th, 2007
Page Modified: Wed, March 14th, 2007
