To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the average sentence imposed in each of the last 10 years upon offenders convicted of (a) indecent assault on a female, (b) unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16, (c) unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and (d) incest;(2) how many offenders convicted of
(a) indecent assault on a female, (b) unlawful sexual intercourse with
a girl under 16, (c) unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 and (d) incest were given sentences of (i) immediate imprisonment, (ii) suspended imprisonment, (iii) community service, (iv) probation, (v) a fine and (vi) discharge in each of the last ten years.
Table A
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Number of offenders sentenced lo immediate custody and average length of sentence imposed for certain sexual offences by type of court 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 1
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England and Wales
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Magistrates' courts
| Crown Court
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Offence
| Year
| Total immediate custody
| Average sentence length (months)
| Total immediate custody
| Average sentence length (months)
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| Indecent assault on a female | 1980 | 141 | 4 | 275 | 16 |
| 1985 | 172 | 4 | 489 | 18 | |
| 1987 | 134 | 4 | 821 | 22 | |
| 1988 | 131 | 3 | 866 | 21 | |
| 1989 | 91 | 4 | 913 | 23 | |
11990 | 73 | 4 | 885 | 23 | |
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 16 | 1980 | 22 | 4 | 64 | 12 |
| 1985 | 33 | 4 | 70 | 13 | |
| 1987 | 25 | 4 | 88 | 12 | |
| 1988 | 13 | 3 | 94 | 12 | |
| 1989 | 8 | 3 | 73 | 12 | |
11990 | 13 | 4 | 72 | 11 | |
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with a girl under 13 | 1980 | — | — | 50 | 31 |
| 1985 | — | 4 | 69 | 25 | |
| 1987 | — | — | 82 | 36 | |
| 1988 | — | 4 | 95 | 33 | |
| 1989 | — | — | 61 | 38 | |
11990 | — | 3 | 65 | 40 | |
| Incest | 1980 | 2 | 4 | 95 | 36 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 95 | 30 | |
| 1987 | — | — | 156 | 38 | |
| 1988 | — | — | 159 | 42 | |
| 1989 | — | — | 134 | 43 | |
11990 | — | — | 117 | 46 | |
1 Provisional | |||||
Table B
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Number of offenders sentenced for certain sexual offences by type of court and result 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990 1
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England and Wales
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Offence and year
| Total sentence
| Immediate custody
| Fully-suspended
| Comm. Serving Order
| Probation order
| Fine
| Abs or conditional discharge
| Other
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| Magistrates courts Indecent assault on a female | ||||||||
| 1980 | 1,937 | 141 | 149 | 22 | 407 | 609 | 326 | 283 |
| 1985 | 1,396 | 172 | 113 | 34 | 365 | 278 | 240 | 194 |
| 1987 | 1,176 | 134 | 93 | 34 | 337 | 232 | 181 | 165 |
| 1988 | 1,220 | 131 | 105 | 29 | 323 | 290 | 188 | 145 |
| 1989 | 1,245 | 91 | 103 | 31 | 335 | 296 | 222 | 167 |
| 19901 | 1,138 | 73 | 67 | 27 | 303 | 290 | 228 | 150 |
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 414 | 22 | 49 | 18 | 34 | 188 | 69 | 14 |
| 1985 | 279 | 33 | 30 | 19 | 47 | 72 | 68 | 10 |
| 1987 | 191 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 31 | 59 | 33 | — |
| 1988 | 175 | 13 | 22 | 14 | 24 | 49 | 49 | 4 |
| 1989 | 139 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 21 | 58 | 35 | 1 |
| 19901 | 154 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 50 | 45 | 3 |
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 13 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 8 |
| 1985 | 12 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| 1988 | 10 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 7 |
| 1989 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 |
| 19901 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 |
| Incest 1980 | 7 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 |
The information for England and Wales for the years 1980, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989 and 1990, which is provisional for the other years requested would involve disproportionate cost.
Offence and year
| Total sentence
| Immediate custody
| Fully suspended
| Comm. serving order
| Probation order
| Fine
| Abs or conditional discharge
| Other
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| 1985 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 1987 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| 1988 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 1989 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 |
| 19901 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Crown court Indecent assault on a female | ||||||||
| 1980 | 507 | 275 | 92 | 8 | 58 | 35 | 15 | 24 |
| 1985 | 744 | 489 | 100 | 8 | 94 | 14 | 18 | 21 |
| 1987 | 1,151 | 821 | 137 | 12 | 119 | 27 | 14 | 21 |
| 1988 | 1,305 | 866 | 180 | 18 | 159 | 27 | 22 | 33 |
| 1989 | 1,427 | 913 | 216 | 16 | 196 | 27 | 22 | 37 |
| 19901 | 1,431 | 885 | 194 | 34 | 216 | 39 | 24 | 39 |
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 147 | 64 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 7 | — |
| 1985 | 118 | 70 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| 1987 | 156 | 88 | 29 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 2 |
| 1988 | 164 | 94 | 30 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| 1989 | 123 | 73 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 |
| 19901 | 150 | 72 | 36 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 13 | ||||||||
| 1980 | 92 | 50 | 14 | — | 15 | 7 | 5 | 1 |
| 1985 | 98 | 69 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | — |
| 1987 | 97 | 82 | 8 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | — |
| 1988 | 125 | 95 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1989 | 88 | 61 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 19901 | 103 | 65 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Incest | ||||||||
| 1980 | 138 | 95 | 20 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| 1985 | 126 | 95 | 21 | 1 | 8 | — | — | 1 |
| 1987 | 190 | 156 | 18 | 1 | 12 | I | — | 2 |
| 1988 | 195 | 159 | 16 | 3 | 15 | — | 2 | — |
| 1989 | 162 | 134 | 6 | 1 | 17 | — | 3 | 1 |
| 19901 | 149 | 117 | 11 | — | 18 | 1 | — | 2 |
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