§ Mr. Douglas-Mannasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested under section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1924 in each of the last five years; how many of such people were convicted; how many of such people, in each category, were arrested in the major conurbations; and how these figures compare with the population as a whole.
§ Mr. John:Information in the form requested could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The number of persons found guilty in England and Wales of certain offences under section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 is published annually in the "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales "—offence classifications 139, 183, 185, 186 and part of 188 in table 1(a)of the volume for 1977, Cmnd. 7289.