Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 71678

Sexual Offences: Asylum

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Question

Lewis Cocking

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many asylum seekers have been prosecuted for sexual offences in the last year; and what proportion were housed in government-funded accommodation at the time.

Answer

Sarah Sackman

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of defendants prosecuted for sexual offences. This can be obtained in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice...

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