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Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many children have been (a) prosecuted, (b) given custodial sentences and (c) placed on the sex offenders register in each of the last five years; (2) how many people have been prosecuted for computer-based child pornography offences in each of the last five years.
Maria Eagle: The number of children aged 10 to 17 prosecuted, at magistrates courts, sentenced and given custodial sentences for all offences (all offences include sexual, other indictable and summary offences) in England and Wales for the years 2001 to 2005 can be viewed in table 1.
The number of registered sex offenders in the community is published annually in the multi-agency public protection arrangements (MAPPA) Annual Reports. The data are not broken down by the age of the offender.
It is not possible to separately identify computer based child pornography offences from other offences related to child pornography.
The number of persons prosecuted for offences relating to child pornography in England and Wales, for the years 2001 to 2005 can be viewed in table 2.
Court proceedings data for 2006 will be available in the autumn of 2007.
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Number of persons aged 10 to 17 proceeded against at magistrates court, sentenced and given custodial sentences for all offences in England and Wales for the years 2001 to 2005( 1, 2) | |||
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Age 10-17 | ||
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Proceeded against |
Sentenced |
Of which: immediate custody |
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(1 )These data are provided 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. Source: RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Ministry of Justice. | |||
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The number of persons proceeded against at magistrates court for selected offences relating to child pornography in England and Wales, for the years 2001 to 2005( 1, 2) | ||||||
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Offence description |
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2004 |
2005 |
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(1 )These data are provided 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. (3 )The following two separate statutes have been amalgamated for this table: Criminal Justice Act 1988 Sec. 160 as amended by the Criminal Justice & Court Services Act 2000, and Criminal Justice Act 1988 Sec. 160 as amended by the Criminal Justice & Public Order Act 1994, Secs.84(4) and 86(1). Source: RDS—Office for Criminal Justice reform—Ministry of Justice | ||||||
Source: Hansard 25 July 2007
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