§ Mr. MeacherTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many homeless persons have been arrested under the Vagrancy Act in central London in each year since 1980 and how many in each month since January 1989.
§ Mr. John PattenProsecutions were brought under the Vagrancy Act for sleeping out in the metropolitan district and the City of London as follows:
Numbers 1980 188 1983 45 1986 4 1987 9 1988 12 Figures for 1989 will be available later in the year.