§ Mr. JannerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish data for 1989 relating to prosecutions under the Malicious Communications Act 1988; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. John PattenThe Command Paper "Criminal Statistics, England and Wales 1989" and its five supplementary volumes were published on 16 November 1990. Copies are available in the Library.
Information on the Malicious Communications Act 1988 is given in the table.
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Persons prosecuted under the Malicious Communications Act 1988 England and Wales 1989 Number Prosecutions 49 Convicted 40 Sentenced: 40 Absolute discharge 1 Conditional discharge 7 Probation Order 1 Fine 30 Other 1 encouraged unduly is that neither gaming nor betting may be advertised by broadcast. Subject to that, we are considering advice from the Gaming Board for Great Britain on proposals by the Bingo Association of Great Britain that the current prohibition on the advertising in any medium of specific licensed bingo clubs as places where gaming takes place, under the Gaming Act 1968, should be revised so as to allow the advertising of bingo clubs as such both in print and by radio.