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Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Monday, 30 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 February 2006. It was answered by Paul Goggins (Labour) on Wednesday, 8 February 2006 on behalf of the Home Office.

Child Protection

Question
(2) how many adults have been charged with the offence of making and possessing indecent images of a child under the age of 18 years under section 1(1) (1A) of the Protection of Children Act 1999, in households where children have been charged for the same offence, in each year since 2000.
Answer

Data on the number of adults and juveniles proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences related to the making and possession of indecent images of a child under the age of 18 years in England and Wales for the years 2000 to 2004, are provided in the following table. It is not possible to identify whether defendants live in households where children have been charged with the same offence as the circumstances of the defendants are not centrally collected.Data for 2005 will be available in the autumn of 2006.

Number of defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for offences related to the possessing or making indecent images of children, by age group, England and Wales, 2000–04
Offence: Take, permit to be taken or to make distribute or publish indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children
Statute: Protection of Children Act 1978 s.1 as amended by Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 s.84
Age group
Aged 10–17 Aged 18 and over
2000 3 281
2001 4 394
2002 11 571
2003 18 1,446
2004 19 1,078
Offence: Possession of an indecent photograph of a child
Statute: Criminal Justice Act 1988, section 160 as amended by the Criminal Justice and Services Act 2000, section 41(3). (previously 181/06)
Age group
Aged 10–17 Aged 18 and over
2000 1 128
2001 2 124
2002 1 155
2003 9 317
2004 3 197
Note: These data are provided on the principal offence basis. Source: RDS—Office for Criminal Justice Reform

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
442 c1266-7W;442 c1266-7W; 48190
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Children Offenders Obscenity Pornography
Legislation
Protection of Children Act 1999
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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