Written questions

Asylum: Sexual Offences

Commons · Question 66372 · Tabled 9 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 18 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) recent arrivals were charged with (i) rape and (ii) sexual assault in each of the last five years.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 18 Jul 2025

Available data on the age, ethnicity, gender and region of individuals prosecuted and convicted at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Ministry of Justice Outcomes by Offences data tool, can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landi...