§ Mr. Holtasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for illegal gambling have taken place in each of the following years: 1960, 1965, 1970, 1975, 1980 and 1985, respectively.
§ Mr. MellorInformation collected centrally does not distinguish all offences relating solely to illegal gambling. Information on the number of offenders prosecuted for any offence against betting, gaming and lotteries legislation is published annually in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales". Offence classifications 75 and 106 in tables S1.1(A) of "Supplementary Tables, volume 1" for magistrates' courts and offence classification 75 in table S2.1(A) of volume 2 for the Crown court.
For 1960, the number of indictable offences relating to betting, gaming and lotteries cannot be separately identified, and for 1965, 1970 and 1975, offence classification 75 was not applicable to proceedings at magistrates' courts. Information for 1985 is not yet available.