PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sexual Offences (3 December 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the number of outstanding (a) rape and (b) sexual offences court cases waiting more than two years for an outcome in (a) England and (b) Wales.

Asked by:
Alex Davies-Jones (Labour)

The number of outstanding rape and sexual offences court cases at the Crown Court in England and Wales each year since 2015 are presented in the table below: Offence 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Sexual Offences England 6,368 5,898 4,983 2,829 3,167 Wales 308 257 268 160 217 Rape England 2,605 2,443 2,023 970 1,057 Wales 117 107 89 58 57 The number of defendants dealt with in completed cases for sexual offences and rape that spend over two years between first listing at the magistrates’ courts to completion in England and Wales each year since 2015 are as follows: Offence 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Sexual Offences England 83 108 151 153 125 Wales 2 10 0 3 3 Rape England 40 42 59 50 50 Wales 1 3 0 1 1

Answered by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
8 December 2020