Brothels and prostitution offences - 569/2020
This request relates to the following offences: keeping a brothel (Section 33 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956), a landlord letting premises for use as a brothel (Section 34 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956), a tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel (Section 35 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956), a tenant permitting premises to be used for prostitution (Section 36 of the Sexual Offences Act 1956), and controlling prostitution for gain (Section 53 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003).
For each of these offences, please supply the following data for each of the last three calendar years (2017, 2018, 2019), and any data you have for 2020 from 1 January 2020 to August 31 2020:
- The total number of people arrested
- The number of people charged
Please can this data be broken down by gender.
And, if possible within the cost threshold, a breakdown of the disposal type for each person arrested (eg, how many were charged, for how many was no further action taken).