§ Sir Anthony Grantasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been under the Litter Act 1958 each year since the Act was passed; how many resulted in convictions; and what was the average penalty imposed each year.
§ Mr. MayhewThe number of defendants proceeded against and the number found guilty of offences under the Litter Acts 1958 and 1971 have been published annually, from 1958 and 1975 respectively in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales"—for 1980 and 1981 in table S1.1(a)(iii) of "Supplementary tables, Vol. 1" and for358W earlier years in table 1(a)(iii) or its equivalent in the Command Paper. The number found guilty for the years 1958 to 1974 is given in table 1 below. Information on the average amount of fine imposed is available only from 1971 and is given in table 2 below. Information for 1982 is not yet available.
Table 1 Defendants found guilty of offences under the Litter Acts 1958 and 1971 England and Wales Year Number of defendants found guilty *1958 262 1959 2,370 1960 2,527 1961 2,322 1962 2,457 1963 2,648 1964 2,866 1965 2,803 1966 2,670 1967 2,851 1968 2,342 1969 1,865 1970 1,777 1971 1,855 1972 2,275 1973 2,531 1974 2,157 * Partyear.
Table 2 Average amount of fine imposed for offences against the Litter Acts 1958 and 1971 England and Wales Average amount of fine Year (£) 1971 6 1972 8 1973 9 1974 10 1975 13 1976 15 1977 15 1978 17 1979 19 1980 20 1981 21