Question follow-through · 101126
Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) foreign and (ii) British sex offenders who have claimed ignorance of the law as a defence in each year since 2020.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 17 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 26 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
17 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) foreign and (ii) British sex offenders who have claimed ignorance of the law as a defence in each year since 2020.
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
The Home Office does not hold information on whether foreign or British sex offenders claimed ignorance of the law as a defence.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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