HC Deb 11 June 1980 vol 986 c190W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list in the Official Report the number of prosecutions brought under the Sunday trading laws in each of the last three years.

Mr. Brittan

The information is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales". There were 139 prosecutions in 1977 and 245 in 1978. Information for 1979 is not yet available.