Speeches

Karl Turner – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Attorney General

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Karl Turner on 2016-04-11.

To ask the Attorney General, how many cases of alleged (a) rape, (b) sexual assault and (c) domestic violence where the alleged offence took place in the UK were prosecuted by the Services Prosecuting Authority in (i) 2013, (ii) 2014 and (iii) 2015.

Robert Buckland

Figures for all prosecutions by the Services Prosecuting Authority of Rape, Sexual Assault & Domestic violence covering the period 2013 to 2015 where the alleged offence took place in the UK are contained in the following table.

Year

Rape Prosecutions

Sexual Assault Prosecutions

Domestic Violence Prosecutions

2013

2

8

0

2014

2

11

5

2015

3

14

6 (1 case yet to go to trial)