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Data provided by the Ministry of Justice, showing the number of persons proceeded against and found
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guilty of selected prostitution offences in England and Wales, 2003 to 2007, are in the table.

The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

Number of persons proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts for selected prostitution offences, England and Wales, 2003 to 2007( 1,2,3)
Proceeded against Found guilty
Offence Statute 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Causing or inciting prostitution for gain

Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.52

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—

—

2

1

—

1

1

2

1

Controlling a prostitute for gain

Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.53

—

1

12

18

23

—

—

3

11

24

Keeping a brothel used for prostitution

Sexual Offences Act 1956 S.33A as added by Sexual Offences Act 2003 S.55

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3

11

39

41

—

4

8

27

29

Keeping a brothel

Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 33.

11

26

13

34

37

4

15

11

12

31

Letting premises for use as a brothel

Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 34.

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—

—

1

—

—

—

—

1

—

Tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel

Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 35.

—

1

—

3

3

—

—

—

2

1

Tenant permitting premises to be used for prostitution

Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 36.

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—

—

2

2

—

—

—

1

2

Keeping a brothel for homosexual practices

Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 33 as amended by Sexual Offences Act 1967 Sec 6.

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—

—

2

—

—

—

—

2

—

Letting premises for use as a brothel for homosexual practices

Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 34 as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 1967 Sec 6.

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—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel for homosexual practices

Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sec 35 as amended by the Sexual Offences Act 1967 Sec 6.

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—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Kerb-crawling

Sexual Offences Act 1985 Sec 1.

956

841

717

625

554

834

760

635

532

491

Persistent soliciting of women for the purpose of prostitution

Sexual Offences Act 1985 Sec 2.

70

64

41

47

78

50

48

34

38

53

Placing an advertisement relating to prostitution

Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 S.46.

420

410

435

431

366

396

376

408

392

341

Common prostitute loitering or soliciting for the purpose of prostitution

Street Offences Act 1959 Sec 1.

2,956

2,002

1,376

845

874

2,627

1,735

1,116

648

526

(1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
(3) The number of defendants found guilty in a particular year may exceed those proceeded against, as it may be the case that the proceedings in the magistrates court took place in the preceding year and they were found guilty at the Crown Court in the following year, or the defendants were found guilty for a different offence to the original offence proceeded against.
Source:
Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform

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Andrew Rosindell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions there have been for soliciting for prostitution in each year since 1997. [248354]

Mr. Alan Campbell: The information requested on arrests is not available.

The arrests collection held by the Home Office covers arrests for recorded crime (notifiable offences) only, broken down at a main offence group level, covering categories such as violence against the person, burglary, robbery and sexual offences. From these centrally reported data we are not able to identify specific offences from within the main offence groups.

Data provided by the Ministry of Justice, showing the number of defendants found guilty of soliciting for prostitution in England and Wales from 1997 to 2007 are given in the following table.

Number of defendants found guilty at all courts for soliciting for prostitution, England and Wales, 1997 to 2007( 1,2)

 Number

1997

5,695

1998

5,223

1999

3,378

2000(3)

3,385

2001

2,841

2002

2,668

2003

2,627

2004

1,735

2005

1,116

2006

648

2007

526

(1) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
(3) 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.
Source:
Evidence and Analysis Unit—Office for Criminal Justice Reform

The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offence for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

Prostitution: Crimes of Violence

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there were for violent offences in cases where the victim worked as a prostitute in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008. [247525]


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Mr. Alan Campbell: These data are not available centrally.

John McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what schemes and services there are with the objective of increasing the number of convictions of those who have committed violence towards a person working as a prostitute. [247530]

Mr. Alan Campbell: As part of the Government's Co-ordinated Prostitution Strategy the Ugly Mugs scheme which enables those involved in prostitution to share information on dangerous clients, has been expanded through the existing Crimestoppers helpline that allows crime to be reported anonymously.

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