HC Deb 25 January 1983 vol 35 cc362-7W
Mr. Tilley

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, following his answer to the hon. Member for Isle of Ely (Mr. Freud) on 16 December, Official Report c. 205, he will set out the 1979–81 prosecutions in respect of breaches in Sunday trading according to the local authorities which initiated them; and indicate also for each authority the number of prosecutions that were successful and the average fine imposed.

Mr. Mellor

[pursuant to the reply, 23 December 1982, c. 621]: The available information, which may be incomplete, is given in the following table.

County and petty sessional division Proceeded against Found guilty Average amount of fine (£)
1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981
Chester 2 1 50
Crewe and Nantwich 1 1 10
Cornwall
Truro and West Powder 1 1 20
Cumbria
Barrow-in-Furness 1 1 25
Carlisle 1 1 10
Derbyshire
Derby and South Derbyshire 1 1 35
Ilkeston 1 1 1 25
West Derbyshire 2 2 8
Devon
Plymouth 1 1 25
Dorset
Bournemouth 5 5 115
Weymouth and Portland 1 4 1 1 2 1 30 50 50
Durham
Darlington 4 3 30
East Sussex
Eastbourne 2 2 50
Hastings 1 1 25
Essex
Brentwood 2 2 15
Chelmsford 1 1 50
Rochford 1 1 20
Southend-on-Sea 4 4 73
Greater Manchester
Bolton 2 1 2 1 38 25
Makersfield 1 3 1 2 100 200
Manchester 15 6 12 13 5 12 27 61 45
Salford 1 16 1 15 47
Wigan 1 2 1 2 30 38 _
Hampshire
Gosport 1 1 25
Lymington 3 1 3 1 10 25
Portsmouth 1 1 20
Southampton 3 3 3 3 50 107
Totton and New Forest 1 1 25
Hereford and Worcestershire
Kidderminster 2 2 20
Ross 19 9 44
Stourport 1 1 15
Hertfordshire
Bishops Stortford 1
Watford 1 1 20
St. Albans 7 6 43
Humberside
Dickering 1 1 1 1 25 50
Grimsby Borough 3 3 50
Kent
Folkestone and Hythe 1 1
Lancashire
Blackburn 1 1 50
Burnley 2 4 3 2 3 3 50 50 22
Darwen 3 2 3 1 83 50
Pendle 2 2 28
Preston 3 5 3 5 40 90
Wyre 17 13 42
Leicestershire
Leicester City 2 2 20
Melton and Belvoir 3 3 40
Lincolnshire
Grantham 1 1 25
Lincoln City 1 1 20
Merseyside
Liverpool 3 4 12 2 4 12 35 56 58
South Sefton 1 1 30
North Sefton 1 1 25
Norfolk
Kings Lynn 1 1 5
Norwich 3 1 40
Northamptonshire
Kettering 1 1 25
Wellingborough 17 14 5
Northumberland
Berwick-upon-Tweed 2 2 55

County and petty sessional division Proceeded against Found guilty Average amount of fine (£)
1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981
North Yorkshire
Scarborough 27 3 19 3 19 25
Staincliffe 8 8 99
Stokesley 1
Nottinghamshire
Nottingham (City) 4 4 2 3 4 2 10 88 38
City of London
Guildhall Justice Room 1 1 1 1 40 10
Mansion House Justice Room 5 4 9 4 4 9 125 50 200
Greater London (Areas relate to Magistrates' Courts)
Barnet 1 1 50
Bow St. M.C. 3 3 30
Brentwood 1
Bromley 2 5 1 2 5 1 50 75 50
Camberwell Green 1 1 20
Ealing 20 10 22 20 10 21 81 115 135
Edmonton 24 17 41
Harrow 3 1 2 3 1 2 42 75 20
Hendon 7 8 31 7 8 31 23 25 50
Highbury Comer M.C. 1 2 4 1 2 4 100 38 10
Highgate 5 2 5 2 70 63
Marlborough St. 1 2 1 2 100 45
Marleybone M.C. 2 7 3 2 7 3 26 46 83
New Spelthorne 3 3 17
Redbridge 1 1 1 1 10
Stratford M.C. 1 4 3 1 4 2 15 10 28
Thames M.C. 2 1 2 1 23 40
Tower Bridge 1
Waltham Forest 3 3 102
Wells St. 2 1 100
West London M.C. 10 50 6 50 20 2
Oxfordshire
Oxford 2 1 50
Somerset
Wells 1 1 30
Yeovil 3 1 3 1 70 150
South Yorkshire
Barnsley 6 1 6 1 38 25
Rotherham 8 8 30
Sheffield 5 4 33
Staffordshire
Cannock 2 2 2 2 20 100
Leek 1 1 25
Lichfield 10 7 16
Seisdon 11 11
Stoke-on-Trent 1 2 3 1 2 3 50 40 33
Tamworth 1 2 1 2 5 20
Suffolk
Ipswich 1 3 1 3 25 50
Sudbury and Cosford 3 3 1
Surrey
Reigate 1 1
Woking 1 1 5
Tyne and Wear
Gateshead 2 3 2 1 38 30
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 2 12 2 8 35 29
Sunderland 3 3 55
Warwickshire
Nuneaton 7 1 3 1 10 50
Rugby 2 1 5
Stratford-upon-Avon 1
Warwick 2 1 2 33
West Midlands
Birmingham 4 2 4 2 8 23
Coventry 5 5 27

County and petty sessional division Proceeded against Found guilty Average amount of fine (£)
1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981 1979 1980 1981
Dudley 8 2 6 2 35 20
Halesowen 3 2 3 2 23 38
Stourbridge 2 2 15
Solihull 5 1 2 1 65 50
Walsall 8 8 25
Wolverhampton 1 1 25
Warley 2 1 50
West Sussex
Steyning 1 1 10
West Yorkshire
Batley 1 1 5
Bradford 2 3 2 3 40
Dewsbury 2 2 2 2 10 40
Huddersfield 1 1 20
Keighley 2 1 2 1 10 20
Leeds 1 5 1 4 50 29
Todmorden 1 1 50
Wiltshire
Trowbridge 1 1 25
Gwynedd
Conwy and Llandudno 3 2 3 2 22 35
Mid Glamorgan
Lower Rhymney Valley 2 2 8
Miskin 1 1 10
Newcastle and Ogmore 1 1 1 1 50 100
South Glamorgan
Cardiff 2 2 38
Vale of Glamorgan 2 2 125
West Glamorgan
Swansea 6 6 20
England and Wales 294 323 440 253 284 330 34 38 48