§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many psychiatric patients discharged from Home Office institutions have committed homicide in each of the last five years.
§ Mrs. RumboldI regret that this information is not available.
Number of defendants prosecuted and convicted for the offences of begging and sleeping out under the Vagrancy Act 1824 by Police Force Area 1989 England and Wales Begging Sleeping Out Police Force Area Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Avon and Somerset 15 14 — — Bedfordshire 2 1 1 — Cambridgeshire 10 9 — — Cumbria 3 3 — —