Northern Ireland written question – answered at on 25 January 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland were convicted of an assault in which the victim was a child in each of the last three years.
The information is not available in the format requested. Northern Ireland conviction data do not include victim information in relation to the commission of an offence. Therefore it is possible only to give the number of convictions for those assault offences which by their definition refer to a child or children. These are: 'common assault on a child or young person' and 'aggravated assault on a male child'.
The data given in the following table cover the calendar years 2004 to 2006 (the latest years for which figures are available) and are collated on the principal offence rule; so only the most serious offence with which an offender is charged is included.
Number of convictions for assault of a child 2004-06( 1) | |
Convictions | |
2004 | 12 |
2005 | 8 |
2006 | 7 |
(1) Data do not include sexual offences against a child or children. |
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