§ Mr. MealeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will give by year the number of court actions for vagrancy in the Mansfield court area since 1987;
(2) if he will give by year the number of court actions for vagrancy by petty sessions division since 1987.
§ Mr. John Patten[holding answer 20 February 1991]: Information for the vagrancy offences of begging and sleeping out is given in the tables below. There have been no prosecutions recorded centrally for these offences in the Mansfield petty sessional division.
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Tabel A Number of prosecutions for the offence of begging by petty sessional divisions 1987 to 1989. England and Wales Petty sessional divisions 1987 1988 1989 Bristol — 3 12 North Bedfordshire — 1 1 Luton — — 1 Forest — 1 — West Berkshire — 1 — Aylesbury — — 1 Cambridge 5 6 10 Teeside — 1 — Penwith 2 — — South East Cornwall — — 6 502W
Petty sessional divisions 1987 1988 1989 Falmouth—Penryn — 1 2 Truro and South Powder — — 1 Carlisle — 2 3 Penrith and Alston — 1 — Diss 1 — — Exeter 2 6 — Plymouth — — 9 Teinbridge — — 1 Torbay 1 1 1 Bournemouth — — 3 Brighton 2 4 17 Hastings 1 1 — Hove 2 — 2 Thurrock — — — Manchester — 2 2 Oldham — — — Alton — — 2 Droxford — — 1 Lymington 1 — — Odiham — 2 — Portsmouth — — — Southampton 1 1 2 Hereford (Borough) 1 — — Cheshunt — — 4 Dacoram — 1 — Watford 2 — 1 Grimsby and Cleethorpes — — 1 Canterbury and St. Augustin — — 1 Blackpool — — 2 Lancaster — — 1 Preston 2 — — Rossendale — — 4 Liverpool — 9 6 St. Helens — — 1 Daventry — 1 — Northampton — 1 — Wellingborough — 1 — York 5 3 — Guildhall Justice Room — — 5 Bow Street 204 176 618 Clerkenwell 9 24 160 Greenwich 1 1 1 Marlborough Street 45 76 77 Marylebone 54 87 55 Old Street — 2 5 South Western 7 2 4 Thames — — 1 Tower Bridge 2 3 5 West London (Southcombe St.) 7 10 10 Wells Street 3 2 — Camberwell Green 2 — 3 Horseferry Road 55 59 236 Highbury Corner 9 41 32 Oxford 12 12 39 Lambeth — — 1 Islington — 1 — City of Westminster 2 — — North Oxfordshire and Chipping Norton 1 — — Yeovil — — 3 Stratford — — 2 West Ham 1 — — Barnet — 1 — Brentford — — 1 Bexley — — 1 Croydon 3 — — Ealing 2 2 10 Hampstead — 1 — Hendon 1 1 1 Haringey — — 1 Tottenham — 2 5 Harrow — 1 — Willesden 3 8 10 Wimbledon 1 — 1 Uxbridge — — 2 Richmond upon Thames 1 1 1 New Spelthorne (Feltham) 2 — — Doncaster 1 — — Kingston-upon-Thames — — 4
Petty sessional divisions 1987 1988 1989 Waltham Forest — — 1 Redbridge 2 — — Lowestoft — 1 — Dorking — 1 — Guildford — 1 1 Staines and Sunbury — — 1 Birmingham — — 1 Coventry — — 1 Leeds 3 1 — Wakefield 1 — — Chippenham — 1 — Salisbury — — 2 Swindon — — 1 Cynon Valley 1 — — Cardiff 3 5 1 Neath — — 1 ENGLAND AND WALES 466 573 1,402
Table B Number of prosecutions for the offence of sleeping out by petty sessional divisions 1987 to 1989 England and Wales Petty sessional divisions 1987 1988 1989 Luton — — 1 West Berkshire 2 3 1 Thurrock — — 1 Manchester — — 1 Oldham — — 2 Portsmouth — — 2 Grimsby and Cleethorpes — — 2 Blackpool — — 1 Preston 1 — — Wyre 1 — — Liverpool — 1 1 Selby — — 1 York 1 — — Bow Street 4 1 2 Marlborough Street — — 1 Marylebone 2 3 2 South Western 2 — 4 Thames — 1 — West London (Southcombe St.) — 1 1 Horseferry Road — 1 — Highbury Corner — 1 — Ealing — 1 — Hendon — 1 — Haringey — 1 — Uxbridge — 1 2 Barking 1 — — Leeds — 1 — Cardiff — 1 — England and Wales 14 17 24