HC Deb 27 January 1966 vol 723 c95W
47. Mr. Shepherd

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of offences against boys attending the Schoolboys' Exhibition this year were brought to the notice of the police; and what arrangements the police made to have extra men on duty to counter the attempts of pæderasts.

53. Mr. Grant

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reports he has received as to the number of cases of indecent assault on children at the Schoolboys' and Schoolgirls' Exhibition; how the figures compare with previous years; and what steps are being taken in this matter.

Mr. George Thomas

Thirty-one persons were arrested for indecent assault on young people at this Exhibition, of which six were offences against boys. C.I.D. officers were on duty at the Exhibition.

The numbers of arrests in previous years were:

1960 … … … nil
1961 … … … 4
1962 … … … 14
1963 … … … 16
1964 … … … 16