§ Commander Locker-Lampsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of prostitutes arrested in the last 10 years in Greater London; the cost of arrest; and the number of police engaged in this duty.
§ Sir D. SomervellThe number of prostitutes arrested for soliciting or for riotous or indecent behaviour in the Metropolitan Police District during each of the past ten years was as follows:
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1935 2,870 1936 3,195 1937 2,893 1938 3,062 1939 1,865 1940 1,585 1941 1,576 1942 2,050 1943 2,279 1944 1,526 The last two parts of the Question do not arise, since police officers are not specially detailed for this duty, which they do as occasion arises as part of their normal work.