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Sir Paul Beresford
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has conducted
| Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts for certain sexual offences against persons under 16 England and Wales 1997–20011 | |||||
| Offence | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 20002 | 2001 |
| Buggery by a male of a male under 16 | 107 | 124 | 140 | 105 | 111 |
| Buggery by a male with a female under 16 | 35 | 19 | 23 | 28 | 9 |
| Rape of a female aged under 16 | 592 | 698 | 714 | 659 | 919 |
| Rape of a male aged under 16 | 45 | 49 | 63 | 68 | 107 |
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 13 | 40 | 40 | 32 | 40 | 53 |
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 | 153 | 171 | 169 | 167 | 177 |
| Incest with a girl under 13 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 14 |
| 1 These data are on the principal offence basis. | |||||
| 2 Staffordshire Police Force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Altough sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. | |||||