United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 101126
Sexual Offences: Criminal Proceedings
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17 December 2025
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12 January 2026 · Answer
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12 January 2026
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) foreign and (ii) British sex offenders who have claimed ignorance of the law as a defence in each year since 2020.
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17 December 2025
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) foreign and (ii) British sex offenders who have claimed ignorance of the law as a defence in each year since 2020.
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12 January 2026
Answer
The Home Office does not hold information on whether foreign or British sex offenders claimed ignorance of the law as a defence.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2025-12-17/101126
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1865320
- uk · wq-1865320 · source updated 12 January 2026