Conversion Therapy
The question
To ask the Attorney General, how many cases have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service in which conduct was alleged to have been intended to (a) change and (b) suppress a person’s (i) sexual orientation and (ii) transgender identity since 2018; and how many resulted in a (A) charge, (B) prosecution and (C) conviction by principal offence.
Answered by Attorney General
There are currently no specific criminal offences of engaging in conduct intended to change or suppress a person’s sexual orientation or transgender identity and the Crown Prosecution Service’s (CPS) Case Management System (CMS) does not have a flag or any other means to identify cases which involve this type of conduct. For these reasons, the CPS does not hold any central record of such cases referred for a charging decision or early advice. It follows, that if we do not hold a central record of such cases referred to CPS, we do not know how many may have resulted in charges, prosecutions, or convictions.
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