HC Deb 13 July 1992 vol 211 c496W
Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years under section 2 of the Obscene Publications Act 1959; and of those found guilty what sentence was imposed.

Mr. Jack

The information is given in the table.

obscene publications branch's concentration of effort on cases involving child pornography, in which typical seizures involve fewer individual articles.