HC Deb 26 June 1991 vol 193 cc481-2W
Mr. Sheerman

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received calling for the prison discharge grant to be increased to the equivalent of two weeks' payment.

Table A1 Number of mates prosecuted and convicted for the offence of begging by petty sessional divisions 1987–89
Petty sessional division 1987 1988 1989
Prosecuted Convicted Prosecuted Convicted Prosecuted Convicted
England and Wales
Bristol 3 3 12 11
North Bedfordshire 1 1 1 1
Luton 1
Forest 1
West Berkshire 1 1
Aylesbury 1 1
Cambridge 5 5 6 5 8 8
Teesside 1
Penwith 2 1
South East Cornwall 4 4
Truro and South Powder 1 1
Carlisle 2 2 3 3
Penrith and Alston 1 1
Diss 1 1
Exeter 2 2 6 6
Plymouth 7 6
Teinbridge 1 1
Torbay 1 1 1 1 1 1
Bournemouth 3 2
Brighton 2 2 4 4 13 12
Hastings 1 1 1

Mrs. Rumbold

We have received representations to this effect from the Association of Chief Officers of Probation.

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