Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 78291

Offences against Children: Convictions

Tabled: 10 October 2025

Answered: 20 October 2025

Question

Louise Haigh

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.

Answer

Jake Richards

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 s...

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