Question follow-through · 13880
Homicide and Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been sentenced for (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) other sex offences in each year for the previous ten years, broken down by primary language.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 12 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 14 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 18 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Justice and policing
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- Offences against Children: Sentencing · 18 Nov 2024
- Offences against Children · 18 Nov 2024
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day: Early release of prisoners · 7 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
12 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been sentenced for (a) murder, (b) rape and (c) other sex offences in each year for the previous ten years, broken down by primary language.
14 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
18 Nov 2024
Answer published
The Ministry of Justice publishes information on the number of defendants sentenced for murder, rape, and other sex offences in the Outcomes by Offence data tool. The latest publication (2023 data) is available from the Outcomes by Offence data tool publi...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Prisoners: Social Media
13 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the number of people in prison for offences related to the use of social media broken down by offence.
Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals
15 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12200 on Reoffenders: Foreign Nationals, how many (a) non-violent and (b) violent foreign national reoffences there were in each of the last five years.
Stalking: Convictions
15 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12201 on Stalking: Convictions, whether her Department collects data on foreign national offenders found guilty of stalking involving fear of violence.
Offences against Children: Sentencing
18 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of convictions for child sex offences did not result in a custodial sentence in in each of the last ten years.
Offences against Children
18 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many individuals per nationality were convicted of child sex offences in each of the last ten years.
Courts: Interpreters
20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of court cases have required a translator for each of the last 10 years.
Courts: Fines
20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the total amount of outstanding court fines are.
Courts: Fines
20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the total amount written off in court fine accounts for each of the last 10 years.
Courts: Fines
20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of payments of court fines were made by benefit payment deductions in each of the last ten years.
Prisons: Education
20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number and (b) total cost to the public purse of courses available to inmates at (i) HMP Maidstone, (ii) HMP Huntercombe and (iii) HMP Morton Hall for the last financial ye
People Smuggling: English Channel
20 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people smugglers have been sentenced in relation to irregular migration across the English Channel since 2018.
Trials
22 Nov 2024 · To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of (a) Magistrate Court, (b) Crown Court and (c) County Court trials that have collapsed due to (i) delay and (ii) error by the Crown Prosecution Service in each of