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Mrs. Currie
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of Thursday 18 June, Official Report, column 651, if he will show for the last five years ranked by police authority, the total number of prosecutions for all offences involving consenting male homosexual activity where at least one partner was aged over 16 years and under 21 years.
Mr. Jack
Information for 1986 to 1990 by police force area is given in the tables. The offence of indecency between males by a man of the age of 21 or over with another male person under the age of 21 does not necessarily involve fully consensual behaviour.
| Table A | |||||
| Number of males prosecuted for the offence of indecency between males by a man of the age of 21 or over with another male person under the age of 21 by police force area 1986–90 | |||||
| England and Wales | |||||
| Police Force Area | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Avon and Somerset | 2 | 11 | 6 | 3 | — |
| Bedfordshire | 1 | — | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| Cambridgeshire | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Cheshire | — | 5 | 11 | 6 | 4 |
| Cleveland | — | — | 2 | 1 | — |
| Cumbria | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Derbyshire | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 2 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Dorset | 3 | — | 7 | 17 | 6 |
| Durham | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Essex | 3 | — | 5 | 2 | 10 |
| Gloucestershire | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Greater Manchester | 7 | 8 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| Hampshire | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| Hertfordshire | 2 | 7 | 7 | — | 1 |
| Humberside | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| Kent | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | — |
| Lancashire | 5 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Leicestershire | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Lincolnshire | — | — | 1 | 8 | — |
| London, City of | 6 | — | — | — | — |
| Merseyside | 1 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| Police Force Area | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Metropolitan Police District | 79 | 71 | 63 | 157 | 180 |
| Norfolk | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 | — | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Northumbria | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| North Yorkshire | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Nottinghamshire | 7 | 6 | 1 | 25 | 62 |
| South Yorkshire | 2 | 33 | 16 | 16 | 5 |
| Staffordshire | 7 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 9 |
| Suffolk | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Surrey | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Sussex | 4 | 8 | 14 | 13 | — |
| Thames Valley | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 8 |
| Warwickshire | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
| West Mercia | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| West Midlands | 14 | 23 | 20 | 25 | 20 |
| West Yorkshire | 30 | 25 | 23 | 13 | 7 |
| Wiltshire | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| ENGLAND | 222 | 260 | 286 | 395 | 428 |
| Dyfed Powys | 8 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Gwent | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| North Wales | 10 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| South Wales | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| WALES | 23 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 17 |
| ENGLAND AND WALES | 245 | 270 | 292 | 404 | 445 |
| Table B | |||||
| Number of males prosecuted for the offences of buggery or attempted buggery of a male of, or over 21 with another male under the age of 21 with consent by police force area 1986 to 1990 | |||||
| England and Wales | |||||
| Police force area | 1986 | 1987 | 11988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Avon and Somerset | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Bedfordshire | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cambridgeshire | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Cheshire | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Cleveland | — | — | 3 | 1 | — |
| Cumbria | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Derbyshire | — | — | — | — | — |
| Devon and Cornwall | — | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Dorset | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Durham | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Essex | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gloucestershire | 8 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Greater Manchester | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Hampshire | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Hertfordshire | — | — | — | — | — |
| Humberside | — | — | 2 | — | — |
| Kent | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Lancashire | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Leicestershire | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Lincolnshire | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| London, City of | — | — | — | — | — |
| Merseyside | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Metropolitan Police District | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Norfolk | — | — | — | — | — |
| Northamptonshire | — | — | — | — | — |
| Northumbria | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| North Yorkshire | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nottinghamshire | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| South Yorkshire | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Staffordshire | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Police force area | 1986 | 1987 | 21988 | 1989 | 1990 |
| Suffolk | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Surrey | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sussex | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thames Valley | — | — | — | — | — |
| Warwickshire | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Mercia | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| West Midlands | 1 | — | — | 1 | — |
| West Yorkshire | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Wiltshire | — | — | — | — | — |
| ENGLAND | 21 | 19 | 17 | 7 | 10 |
| Dyfed Powys | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Gwent | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| North Wales | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Wales | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| WALES | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| ENGLAND AND WALES | 24 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| 1 In Cleveland in 1988 there was one female prosecuted for the offence of attempted buggery of a male of or over 21 with another male under the age of 21 with consent—generally, conspiring, inciting, aiding, abetting, causing or permitting a crime is classified under the heading of the crime itself. | |||||