§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of convictions at magistrates courts in the Greater London council area during each of the last three years for offences concerning prostitution; and if he will list the offences.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 22 December 1983, c. 346]: The available information, which may be incomplete, is given in the following table. Corresponding information for 1983 is not yet available.
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Persons found guilty at magistrates courts in the Metropolitan police district of offences related to prostitution* by type of offence
1980–1982 Number of persons Offence 1980 1981 1982 Living on immoral earnings 30 41 50 Detention of female in brothel or other premises — — — Person responsible for girl under 16 causing or encouraging her prostitution — — — Procuring, permitting or causing the prostitution of a female defective — — — Soliciting by a man 327 259 248 Brothel keeping 37 50 37 Allowing a child or young person to be in a brothel — — — Permitting licensed premises to be the habitual resort of reputed prostitutes — — — Permitting licensed premises to be used as a brothel — — —
Offence 1980 1981 1982 Person keeping licensed premises suffering his premises to be the resort of common prostitutes or reputed thieves 1 2 — Offences by prostitutes 1,499 1,962 3,111 Aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring offences by prostitutes — — — * Similar offences in byelaws cannot be separately distinguished.
§ Mr. Tom Coxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the number of people convicted of living on the immoral earnings of prostitution for each of the last three years at magistrates courts covering the Greater London council area; and how many people have been sent to prison following conviction.
§ Mr. Mellor[pursuant to his reply, 22 December 1983, c. 346]: The information available, which may be incomplete, is given in the following table. Corresponding information for 1983 is not yet available.
Persons found guilty and persons sentenced to immediate imprisonment at magistrates courts in the Metropolitan police district for offences of living on immoral earnings*—1980–82 Number of persons Year Found guilty Immediate imprisonment 1980 30 1 1981 41 6 1982 50 †9 * There were no proceedings for living on the immoral earnings of a male. † Includes two partly suspended sentences of imprisonment.