PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Offences against Children: Sentencing (17 October 2018)

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October to Question 176311, how many of the 3,234 people who were given prison sentences for child sexual abuse offences in 2017 had previously been convicted of other child sexual abuse offences.

Asked by:
Sarah Champion (Labour)

Information on how many people who were sentenced to immediate custody for child sexual abuse offences at the Crown Court in 2017 had previously been convicted of other child sexual abuse offences is not held centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.

Answered by:
Rory Stewart (Independent)
26 October 2018