HC Deb 15 March 1928 vol 214 cc2078-9
14. Mr. BRIANT

asked the Home Secretary if he will give the number of proceedings for drunkenness and convictions for drunkenness, male and female, in the Metropolitan police district and the City of London for the calendar years 1918 to 1927, inclusive?

Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKS

All available figures in this connection are published annually in the Volumes of Licensing Statistics, the latest of which is for the year 1926. As several columns of figures are involved, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate the answer in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Proceedings and Convictions for Drunkenness in the Metropolitan Police Disitrict and City of London during the years 1918 to 1926.
Year. Metropolitan Police District.* City of London.
Proceedings. Convictions. Proceedings. Convictions.
Male. Female. Total. Male. Female. Total.
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
1918 … … … 11,358 6,690 3,211 9,901 294 194 44 238
1919 … … … 23,683 15,486 5,188 20,674 446 322 57 379
1920 … … … 33,185 23,581 6,375 29,956 491 399 44 443
1921 … … … 30,091 21,916 5,494 27,410 416 329 49 378
1922 … … … 33,912 24,389 6,410 30,799 557 432 102 534
1923 … … … 32,983 23,414 6,610 30,024 498 396 70 466
1924 … … … 33,018 23,512 6,536 30,048 426 332 57 389
1925 … … … 32,900 23,197 6,384 29,581 442 334 60 394
1926 … … … 32,010 22,631 6,226 28,857 388 269 48 317
* This district consists of the Counties of London and Middlesex and parts of the Counties of Essex, Hertford, Surrey and Kent, including the County Boroughs of East Ham, West Ham and Croydon.

As regards the year 1927, the figures are not yet completely compiled, but I can give provisional figures as follows: In the Metropolitan police district the total number of proceedings was 30,123, leading to 21,177 convictions of males and 5,977 of females, and in the City of London the figures were 411, 293 and 84 respectively.

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