Question follow-through · 114804

Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) expand and (b) refine the categories of sexual offences used in police recorded crime data for monitoring (i) the nature of offences committed and (ii) trends in sexual offenc

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Home Office
Tabled
23 Feb 2026
Target answer date
25 Feb 2026
Answer
3 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 23 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) expand and (b) refine the categories of sexual offences used in police recorded crime data for monitoring (i) the nature of offences committed and (ii) trends in sexual offenc

  2. 25 Feb 2026

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  3. 3 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The police recorded crime collection is primarily an offence-based series in which crimes are recorded by the police in England and Wales based on the criminal offence that has been committed.To respond to user needs, sub-categories have been created such...

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