Is 16 and 15 illegal in the UK?

It is a criminal offence for anyone who is 16 or older to have any kind of sexual contact with someone aged 13, 14 or 15. It is also a criminal offence for both girls and boys aged 13, 14 and 15 to have consensual sex with anyone else aged 13, 14 or 15.



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In 1885, the Criminal Law Amendment Act was passed into UK law, raising the age of sexual consent to 16. Since then, there have been efforts to raise – and lower – the age of consent. In 1917, Parliament narrowly rejected a Bill to raise the age of consent to 17.

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