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Rape

Volume 480: debated on Wednesday 8 October 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many and what proportion of rapes reported to the police which (a) involved and (b) did not involve excess alcohol use on the part of the victim or perpetrator resulted in (i) conviction for rape or sexual assault and (ii) pleas of guilty to rape or sexual assault in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; (223513)

(2) how many and what proportion of rapes reported to the police which (a) involved and (b) did not involve excess alcohol use on the part of the victim or perpetrator resulted in a prosecution progressing to trial in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available;

[holding answer 11 September 2008]: The data requested are not recorded.

Information on recorded crime and court proceedings held by the Ministry of Justice and the Home Office does not identify whether alcohol was involved in an offence.