Question NW1867 to the Minister of Police
23 September 2021 - NW1867
Stubbe, Mr DJ to ask the Minister of Police
(1) What number of (a) child murders and (b) child rapes took place in the (i) 2017- 18, (ii) 2018-19, (iii) 2019-20 and (iv) 2020-21 financial years; (2) what number of investigations into the specified cases led to a successful conviction for (a) child murder and (b) child rape in each specified year; (3) what (a) weapons were used to murder the child in each case and (b) number of the specified number of firearms were used by the registered owner in each case? NW2095E
Reply:
(1)(a)(i) to (iv) The number of child murders, which took place, in 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, is reflected in the table below:
|
(i) 2017-2018 |
(ii) 2018-2019 |
(iii) 2019-2020 |
(iv) 2020-2021 |
|
|
Total |
576 |
563 |
534 |
469 |
(1)(b)(i) to (iv) The number of child rapes, which took place, in 2017-2018, 2018- 2019, 2019-2020 and 2020-2021, is reflected in the table below:
|
(i) 2017-2018 |
(ii) 2018-2019 |
(iii) 2019-2020 |
(iv) 2020-2021 |
|
|
Total |
11 656 |
11 665 |
11 380 |
10 552 |
(2)(a)(i) to (iv) The number of investigations into the specified cases for child murders, which resulted in successful convictions, in each specified year, is reflected in the table below:
|
Total |
(i) 2017-2018 |
(ii) 2018-2019 |
(iii) 2019-2020 |
(iv) 2020-2021 |
|
|
251 |
174 |
95 |
33 |