§ Mr. Sainsburyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions and convictions there were under the Vagrancy Act 1824 in 1979.
§ Mr. MayhewThe information requested is published annually in the Criminal Statistics England and Wales (offences 182–188 in table 1(a), of the volume for 1979—Cmnd. 8098).
Included in the figures for 1979 for offence 188 (other vagrancy offences) are 27 persons prosecuted and 15 found guilty for the offence of exposing in any public place, shop window, etc, any indecent print or other indecent exhibition.