§ Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary how many bookmakers or touts for bookmakers were prosecuted during the last 12 months to the last convenient date .in the Metropolitan police area, together with the amount of the fines imposed; and how many have had more than three previous convictions?
Sir W. JOYNSON-HCKSThe precise figures asked for could not be given without considerable search, but during the year 1925, 3,269 convictions were recorded following upon arrests for betting offences, and fines amounting to £27,600 were imposed. Of the persons concerned, 44 were known to have been previously convicted more than three times for similar offences.