§ Mr. Brooksasked the Attorney-General how many prosecutions there have been in the past five years of local authority elected members for criminal behaviour in their official capacity as members of such authorities; and in how many cases there were verdicts of guilty.
§ The Attorney-GeneralDuring the five years ending 31st December, 1968, 24 local authority councillors were prosecuted for offences of failure to disclose interests under Section 76 of the Local Government Act, 1933, and 18 of these were convicted. During the same period nine were prosecuted for offences of corruption under the Prevention of Corruption Acts, 1889 to 1916, and three of these were convicted. There are no records to show how many of the persons convicted of other offences were local authority councillors.