Brothel Keeping Offences

Request 1

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.

Request 2

The number of people charged. Please can this data be broken down by gender.

Request 3

If possible within the cost threshold, a breakdown of the disposal type for each person arrested (e.g. how many were charged, for how many was no further action taken). Just as a point of clarification, I am hoping to get the above data for all brothel keeping offences. I hope I have correctly identified them for you in my previous email, but if this helps, they should including the following home office codes: 024/19 keeping a brothel used for prostitution 107/01 keeping a brothel 107/02 letting premises for use as a brothel 107/03 tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel 107/04 tenant permitting premises to be used for prostitution 107/05 keeping a brothel for homosexual practices 107/06 letting premises for use as a brothel for homosexual purposes 107/07 tenant permitting premises to be used as a brothel for homosexual purposes 107/10 other brothel keeping offences 142/14 permitting licensed premises to be used as a brothel.