§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will list in the Official Report the number of persons (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for offences under the following laws in each of the last five years: (i) section 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824, (ii) section 28 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, (iii) section 54
Defendants proceeded against and found guilty of offences under various Acts England and Wales Number of defendants Act and section Proceeded against Found guilty 1977* 1978* 1979 1977* 1978* 1979 Vagrancy Act 1824, section 4 Indecent exposure in any place or public resort with intent to insult any female 2,139 2,128 2,042 1,916 1,875 1,792 Other 4,999 5,119 4,861 4,238 4,354 3,835 Town Police Clauses Act 1847, section 28 Indecently exposing the person 380 393 465 365 359 419 Offences in relation to dogs 49 55 41 43 45 30 Nuisances etc. in streets relating to horse-drawn vehicles 6 7 5 5 7 4 Metropolitan Police Act 1839, section 54 Repairing or cleaning vehicle on roadway †36 †34 51 †33 †31 40 Public Order Act 1936 and Public Meetings Act 1908 20,159 22,667 26,968 17,243 19,536 23,066 * Except where indicated the information for 1977 and 1978 is adjusted to make it comparable with that for 1979. † Unadjusted figures; adjusted figures comparable with those for 1979 are not available.