§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many defendants brought before magistrates courts in Greater London were of no fixed abode in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Jack[holding answer 10 March 1993]: Information in not collected centrally on the residential status of defendants brought before the magistrates courts in England and Wales.
In 1991, within the Metropolitan police district and the City of London, there were 1,497 defendants prosecuted for begging offences and five for sleeping rought offences under the Vagrancy Act 1824.