§ Mr. Allan RobertsTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are his Department's plans to collect and to publish information on(a) the number of criminal proceedings (i) for harassment and (ii) for illegal eviction commenced by (1) local authorities, (2) private individuals and (3) the police under the provisions of the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 as amended by the provisions of the Housing Act 1988 part I, (b) the number of such proceedings in which (i) the defendant was convicted and (ii) the plaintiff was awarded compensation and (c) the level of (i) fines and (ii) damages awarded in such proceedings.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation is collected and published annually for prosecutions under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 in "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales, Supplementary Volume 1, 1987" under offence class 87. A copy is in the Library of the House.
It is possible from the information collected centrally to identify separately the number of prosecutions for (i) harassment and (ii) illegal eviction, including the number of convictions, compensation awarded and the level of fines imposed. However, information is not collected centrally on the number of prosecutions commenced by (1) local authorities, (2) private individuals and (3) the police or on damages awarded.
Figures for prosecution following the Housing Act 1988 part I will not be available until the autumn of 1989.