§ Mr. Charles Irvingasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreigners are in prison for (a) soliciting, (b) importuning and (c) vagrancy.
§ Mr. JohnInformation is not held centrally about the nationality of persons serving custodial sentences. On 31st May 1977 two persons who were born outside the United Kingdom were serving sentences in Prison Department establishments for soliciting and six such persons were serving sentences for vagrancy. Information regarding the number of such persons serving sentences for importuning could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.