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Child Abuse
Dr. Starkey:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have been convicted of child abuse offences in each of the last five years in England; and what proportion of offenders were (a) men and (b) the parent or step-parent of the child victim in each year. [205290]
Paul Goggins:
Statistics on the number of offenders convicted of sexual offences involving minors, are provided in the table. The figures also include the proportion of offenders found guilty who were male, aged 18 and over.
It is not possible to identify the relationship of the offender to the victim, as these data are not collected centrally on the Home Office court proceedings database.
Statistics for 2004 will be available in autumn 2005.
Number of offenders found guilty at all courts, and the percentage of which were males aged 18 and over for sexual offences against minors where the age of the victim is identified by the offence(5507180079)(5507180080) England 1999 to 2003
| 1999
| 2000(5507180081)
|
|---|
| Found guilty | Percentage that were male aged 18 and over | Found guilty | Percentage that were male aged 18 and over
|
|---|
| Buggery by a male of a male under 16 | 49 | 96 | 46 | 98
|
| Buggery by a male aged 21 or over with a male aged 16 or 17 | 1 | 100 | 3 | 100
|
| Buggery by a male aged 18–20 with a male aged 16 or 17 | 1 | 100 | — | —
|
| Buggery by a male with a female under 16 | 11 | 91 | 12 | 100
|
| Buggery by a male aged 21 or over with a female aged 16 or 17 | — | — | 1 | 100
|
| Buggery by a male aged 18–20 with a female aged 16 or 17 | 1 | 100 | 1 | 100
|
| Indecent assault on male person under 16 years | 308 | 85 | 275 | 82
|
| Gross indecency by a male aged 21 or over with a male aged under 18 | 8 | 100 | 11 | 100
|
| Rape of a female aged under 16 | 222 | 94 | 188 | 92
|
| Rape of a male aged under 16 | 32 | 59 | 21 | 67
|
| Attempted rape of a female aged under 16 | 42 | 86 | 29 | 86
|
| Attempted rape of a male aged under 16 | 6 | 50 | 2 | 50
|
| Indecent assault on a female under 16 | 1,376 | 85 | 1,201 | 85
|
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 13 | 51 | 75 | 48 | 73
|
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 | 180 | 93 | 197 | 87
|
| Incest with a girl under 13 | 13 | 77 | 12 | 83
|
| Inciting girl under 16 to have incestuous sexual intercourse | 1 | 100 | 2 | 100
|
| Householder permitting unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 | — | — | — | —
|
| Person responsible for girl under 16 causing or encouraging her prostitution etc. | 1 | 0 | — | —
|
| Male aged 21 or over procuring or attempting to procure a male under 18 of gross indecency with another male | 3 | 100 | 3 | 100
|
| Abduction of unmarried girl under 16 | 1 | 100 | 3 | 67
|
| Abduction of unmarried girl under 18 | 1 | 100 | — | —
|
| Gross indecency with boys aged less than 16 | 66 | 89 | 51 | 88
|
| Gross indecency with girls aged less than 16 | 134 | 95 | 128 | 92
|
| Total | 2,508 | 78 | 2,234 | 86
|
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| 2001
| 2002
|
|---|
| Found guilty | Percentage that were male aged 18 and over | Found guilty | Percentage that were male aged 18 and over
|
|---|
| Buggery by a male of a male under 16 | 57 | 98 | 49 | 94
|
| Buggery by a male aged 21 or over with a male aged 16 or 17 | — | — | — | —
|
| Buggery by a male aged 18–20 with a male aged 16 or 17 | — | — | — | —
|
| Buggery by a male with a female under 16 | 7 | 86 | 9 | 100
|
| Buggery by a male aged 21 or over with a female aged 16 or 17 | 1 | 100 | — | —
|
| Buggery by a male aged 18–20 with a female aged 16 or 17 | — | — | — | —
|
| Indecent assault on male person under 16 years | 256 | 84 | 281 | 78
|
| Gross indecency by a male aged 21 or over with a male aged under 18 | — | — | 4 | 100
|
| Rape of a female aged under 16 | 168 | 93 | 193 | 96
|
| Rape of a male aged under 16 | 26 | 69 | 30 | 87
|
| Attempted rape of a female aged under 16 | 30 | 87 | 37 | 86
|
| Attempted rape of a male aged under 16 | 5 | 80 | 4 | 100
|
| Indecent assault on a female under 16 | 1,194 | 84 | 1,229 | 81
|
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 13 | 49 | 61 | 44 | 68
|
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 | 194 | 87 | 210 | 84
|
| Incest with a girl under 13 | 4 | 75 | 10 | 90
|
| Inciting girl under 16 to have incestuous sexual intercourse | 3 | 100 | 3 | 67
|
| Householder permitting unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 | 1 | 0 | — | —
|
| Person responsible for girl under 16 causing or encouraging her prostitution etc. | — | — | — | —
|
| Male aged 21 or over procuring or attempting to procure a male under 18 of gross indecency with another male | 2 | 100 | 4 | 100
|
| Abduction of unmarried girl under 16 | 2 | 50 | 3 | 100
|
| Abduction of unmarried girl under 18 | — | — | — | —
|
| Gross indecency with boys aged less than 16 | 73 | 89 | 68 | 87
|
| Gross indecency with girls aged less than 16 | 154 | 88 | 168 | 90
|
| Total | 2,226 | 85 | 2,346 | 83
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| 2003
|
|---|
| Found guilty | Percentage that were male aged 18 and over
|
|---|
| Buggery by a male of a male under 16 | 40 | 100
|
| Buggery by a male aged 21 or over with a male aged 16 or 17 | — | —
|
| Buggery by a male aged 18–20 with a male aged 16 or 17 | — | —
|
| Buggery by a male with a female under 16 | 5 | 100
|
| Buggery by a male aged 21 or over with a female aged 16 or 17 | — | —
|
| Buggery by a male aged 18–20 with a female aged 16 or 17 | — | —
|
| Indecent assault on male person under 16 years | 247 | 85
|
| Gross indecency by a male aged 21 or over with a male aged under 18 | — | —
|
| Rape of a female aged under 16 | 239 | 94
|
| Rape of a male aged under 16 | 26 | 77
|
| Attempted rape of a female aged under 16 | 32 | 88
|
| Attempted rape of a male aged under 16 | 8 | 63
|
| Indecent assault on a female under 16 | 1,137 | 85
|
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 13 | 44 | 61
|
| Unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 | 233 | 90
|
| Incest with a girl under 13 | 9 | 56
|
| Inciting girl under 16 to have incestuous sexual intercourse | 2 | 50
|
| Householder permitting unlawful sexual intercourse with girl under 16 | — | —
|
| Person responsible for girl under 16 causing or encouraging her prostitution etc, | — | —
|
| Male aged 21 or over procuring or attempting to procure a male under 18 of gross indecency with another male | — | —
|
| Abduction of unmarried girl under 16 | 2 | 50
|
| Abduction of unmarried girl under 18 | — | —
|
| Gross indecency with boys aged less than 16 | 79 | 89
|
| Gross indecency with girls aged less than 16 | 177 | 90
|
| Total | 2,280 | 86
|
(5507180079) These data are on the principal offence basis.
(5507180080) Excludes those offences where the age of a victim cannot be identified in the wording of the offence.
(5507180081) Staffordshire Police Force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000 Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table.
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Civil Service
Mr. George Osborne:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of time taken for civil service staff to pass security vetting procedures was in the last period for which figures are available. [204453]
Mr. Miliband:
I have been asked to reply.
The security vetting process is managed by the employing or contracting Government Department. Details of the time taken to carry out individual clearances are not held centrally.
The length of time taken to carry out a clearance is dependent on a number of factors. These include the nature and extent of the checks involved at each level of clearance: Developed vetting (DV) clearance, which is necessary for long term frequent and uncontrolled access to top secret information or assets, requires a greater breadth and depth of checks as well as an interview with the subject and referees, and generally takes longer to carry out than a security check (SC—for long term, frequent and uncontrolled access to secret information or assets) or counter-terrorist check (CTC—for access to public figures or establishments at particular risk of terrorist attack).
Mr. George Osborne:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many days sick leave were taken by civil servants in the Department in each year since 1997; and what the sickness absence rate was in each year. [204518]
Fiona Mactaggart:
The following is a table of recorded sick leave for staff within the main Home Office Department since 1997:
| Days sick
|
|---|
| Calendar days
| Working days | Percentage WD lost | Staff covered(5507180082)
|
|---|
| 1997 | — | 191,812 | 141,837.82 | 6.9 | 9,174
|
| 1998 | — | 189,107 | 139,837.57 | 6.7 | 9,317
|
| 1999 | — | 186,074 | 137,594.78 | 6.2 | 9,812
|
| 2000 | — | 212,102 | 156,841.52 | 6.3 | 11,060
|
| 2001 | — | 222,924 | 164,843.98 | 6.6 | 11,142
|
| 2002 | — | 248,650 | 183,867.40 | 6.5 | 12,607
|
| 2003 | — | 286,259 | 226,685.29 | 6.9 | 14,686
|
| 2004 | — | 92,115 | 74,226.14 | 6.6 | 10,026
|
| 2002 | Core and IND | — | 160,357 | 5.5 | —
|
| Core | — | 32,917 | 6.0 | —
|
| IND | — | 127,440 | 4.0 | —
|
| 2003 | Core and IND | — | 149,216.3 | 4.1 | —
|
| Core | — | 31,946 | 4.5 | —
|
| IND | — | 117,270.3 | 3.2 | —
|
| 2004 | Core and IND | — | 155,632 | 4.2 | —
|
| Core | — | 31,043 | 3.0 | —
|
| IND | — | 124,589 | 4.1 | —
|
(5507180082) Staff sick in calendar year, sickness begins before end of year, ends after start.
Notes:
1. Calendar to working day conversion has been given by applying the ratios found in the earliest available full breakdown (November 2002) to the earlier data. This provides an adjustment for part year workers, and part-time staff. However it assumes that years previous to 2002 had a similar ratio of such staff.
2. Figures are lower than those for 2002 from archive, in part because of winter sickness November/December 2002 that will have not reached the system at the time this report was run in November.
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