HC Deb 20 June 1963 vol 679 c81W
8. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there have been for street bookmaking offences in the last year, to the nearest convenient date; and how many there were in the last year before the passing of the Betting and Gaming Act, 1961.

Mr. Woodhouse

The only available figures are those for the Metropolitan Police District, where there were 9 convictions in 1962 and 3,814 in 1960.