HC Deb 02 December 1970 vol 807 cc396-9W
71. Mr. Meacher

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many summonses for offences of harassment and unlawful eviction have been brought by each local authority in England and Wales during the last five years; how many convictions were obtained; where

1. PROSECUTIONS FOR UNLAWFUL EVICTION UNDER SECTION 30(1) RENT ACT 1965: 1966–1969 ENGLAND AND WALES
Summonses Conviction
Police Force Areas Offences Persons Persons Imprisonment
Bedford and Luton 12 8 7
Berkshire 1 1 1
Birkenhead 1 1 1
Birmingham 19 19 16
Blackpool 1 1 1
Bolton 1 1 1
Bournemouth 1 1 1
Bradford 1 1 1
Brighton 3 3 2
Bristol 4 4 3
Cheshire 3 2 1
Cornwall 2 2 2
Denbigh 1 1 1
Derby 2 2 2
Devon and Cornwal 1 1 1
Dorset and Bournemouth 2 2 2
Durham 2 2 2
East Sussex 8 8 7
Essex 5 5 5
Gloucestershire 2 1 1
Grimsby 1 1
Gwynedd 1 1 1
Hampshire 15 12 6
Hertford 6 5 5
Kent 1 1 1
Lancashire 3 3 3
Leeds 1 1
Leicester 11 8 5
Leicestershire and Rutland 1 1 1
Lincoln 1 1 1
London (Metropolitan) 379 315 223 2 (1 suspended)
Manchester 5 3 2
Newcastle 1 1 1
Newport 1 1
Northamptonshire 8 2 2
Northampton 1 1 1
Nottingham 4 3 2
Oldham 1 1 1
Portsmouth 1 1 1
Reading 2 2 2
Salford 2 2 1
Sheffield and Rotherham 2 2 1
Somerset and Bath 4 4 2
Southampton 3 3 3
Southend 4 4 1
Southport 1 1 1
South Wales 3 3 2
Stafford 3 2 2
Thames Valley 6 6 5
Warwickshire 6 4 4
West Mercia 5 5 5
West Midlands 8 6 6
West Sussex 1 1 1
Wiltshire 2 2 2
Yorkshire, West Riding 3 3 3
Total 569 478 355 2

convictions were obtained; how often were sentences of imprisonment imposed; and what was the average fine exacted by the local magistrates.

Mr. Amery

My Department has information by police force areas, as follows:

2. PROSECUTIONS FOR HARASSMENT UNDER SECTION 30(2) RENT ACT 1965; 1966–1969 ENGLAND AND WALES
Summonses Convictions
Police Force Areas Offences Persons Persons Imprisonment
Bedford and Luton 4 4 1
Birkenhead 3 1 1
Birmingham 23 17 10
Blackpool 6 5 3
Bolton 1 1
Bradford 1 1 1
Brighton 2 2 2
Buckinghamshire 3 3 1
Cardiff 1 1 1
Cheshire 6 6 2
Cornwall 3 1 1
Denbigh 1 1 1
Derby 1 1
Devon and Cornwall 1 1 1
Dorset and Bournemouth 2 2
Dyfed-Powys 1 1
East Sussex 10 9 6
Essex 4 3 2
Gloucestershire 2 2
Gwynedd 6 6 2
Hampshire 21 11 7
Hertford 15 11 9
Kent 9 6 3
Lancashire 11 4 4
Leicester City 2 2 2
Leicester and Rutland 2 2
Lincoln (86) 1 1
Lincoln (90) 1 1
London (Metropolitan) 434 319 175 4
Manchester 21 11 8
Northamptonshire 5 3 3
Nottingham (109) 1 1 1
Nottingham (111) 1 1
Oxford 1 1 1
Reading 9 9 5
Salford 3 3 1
Somerset and Bath 2 2 1
Southampton 2 1 1
Southport 1 1
Staffordshire 3 2 1
Wallasey 1 1 1
Warwickshire 3 3 2
West Mercia 3 3
West Midlands 6 6 5
Wiltshire 1 1 1
Yorkshire, North Riding 2 1
Yorkshire, West Riding 1 1 1
Total 643 476 267 4
The average fine during this period was £20 for unlawful eviction and £26 for harassment.