HC Deb 31 July 1956 vol 557 cc132-3W
Mr. Parkin

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the number of arrests for soliciting in the Paddington area in each of the last five years;

(2) what was the number of arrests for indecency in the Paddington area in each of the last five years.

Soliciting Number of persons arrested in the Paddington area
Outraging public decency (male and female) Male persons outraging public decency with males
1951 477 28 9
1952 557 68 5
1953 813 126 3
1954 1,758 298 6
1955 2,139 306 7

Mr. Parkin

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) the number of prosecutions for living on immoral earnings in the Paddington area in each of the last five years:

(2) what was the number of prosecutions for the use of premises as brothels, and for permitting premises to be used for purposes of habitual prostitution in the Paddington area in each of the last five years.

Major Lloyd-George

The number of prosecutions in the Paddington area for living on immoral earnings and for brothel-keeping or permitting premises to be used for purposes of habitual prostitution respectively in the last five years were as follows:

NUMBER OF PROSECUTIONS IN THE PADDINGTON AREA
Living on immoral earnings Brothel-keeping or permitting premises to be used for habitual prostitution
1951 7 10
1952 4 16
1953 5 16
1954 13 44
1955 13 30