§ Mr. Clinton Davisasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many cases of illegal eviction by landlords occurred in England, Wales and Scotland in each of the years from 1957 to 1970.
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§ Mr. Peter WalkerEviction without a court order became an offence for the first time in 1964, under the Protection from Eviction Act.
During the year in which this Act was in force, there were 32 convictions in England and Wales on prosecutions under it. The statistics under it. The statistics do not show how many persons were concerned.
Under the Rent Act, 1965, which followed the Protection from Eviction Act and re-embodied its provisions on un lawful eviction, the numbers of persons convicted in England and Wales year by year are: in 1966, 94; in 1967, 98; in 1968, 84; in 1969, 81; and in 1970 up to 30th September, 55.