§ Mr. Channonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions in the nearest convenient five-year period were recorded for offences under the Street Betting Act, 1906; and in how many cases were the offenders sentenced to terms of imprisonment.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe following table shows the numbers of persons convicted at magistrates' courts in the years 1954 to 1958 under Section 1 of the Street Betting Act, 1906, and the numbers of offenders sentenced to imprisonment:
Year Number Convicted Number Imprisoned 1954 … 6,942 2 1955 … 6,311 4 1956 … 6,492 — 1957 … 7,068 7 1958 … 6,304 5 In addition a very few cases may have been dealt with on indictment, but the information is not available for the years 1954 to 1957. There were no such cases in 1958.