§ Mr. Stanbrookasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been instituted or are pending under the Badgers Act 1973; with what success; and in what areas of the United Kingdom for each year since the Act came into force, respectively.
§ Mr. MellorThe information available to us, for England and Wales, is given in the following table; a breakdown by area could be provided only at disproportionate cost and information on the number of prosecutions pending is not collected centrally. None of the information is available for Scotland, and the Act is not in force in Northern Ireland.
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Defendants proceeded against for offences under the Badgers Act, 1973 England and Wales Number of defendants Proceeded against Found Guilty *1974 17 12 1975 15 12 1976 6 6 1977 15 14 1978 16 9
Proceeded against Found Guilty 1979 25 24 1980 24 20 1981 39 26 * The Act came into force on 25 January 1974.