Question follow-through · 13383

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals per (a) nationality and (b) ethnicity were convicted of grooming offences since 2004.

answeredMinistry of Justice

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Answering body
Ministry of Justice
Tabled
8 Nov 2024
Target answer date
12 Nov 2024
Answer
18 Nov 2024 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 8 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals per (a) nationality and (b) ethnicity were convicted of grooming offences since 2004.

  2. 12 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 18 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of offenders convicted, which can be filtered to specific offences and broken down by defendant ethnicity. This can be obtained in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, which can be downloaded from the Cr...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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