§ Mrs. GoldingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were(a) prosecuted for begging, (b) convicted of begging, (c) prosecuted for sleeping rough and (d) convicted of sleeping rough in each police district in England and Wales in the year ending 31 December 1990.
§ Mr. John PattenInformation is not yet available for 1990. The table shows the number of prosecutions and convictions for begging and sleeping out offences by police force area in 1989.
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Begging Sleeping Out Police Force Area Prosecutions Convictions Prosecutions Convictions Devon and Cornwall 20 19 — — Dorset 3 2 — — Essex — — 1 1 Greater Manchester 2 1 3 1 Hampshire 5 3 2 — Hertfordshire 1 1 — — Humberside 1 1 2 2 Kent 1 1 — — Lancashire 7 3 1 1 London, City of 5 5 — — Merseyside 7 6 1 — Metropolitan Police District (MPD) 1,251 1,188 12 10 North Yorkshire 1 1 — — Staffordshire 1 1 — — Surrey 1 1 — — Sussex 19 17 — — Thames Valley 40 37 1 1 West Midlands 2 1 — — Wiltshire 3 3 — — South Wales 2 1 — — England and Wales 1,402 1,319 24 16 No prosecutions were recorded in the Police Force Areas of Cheshire, Cleveland, Derbyshire, Durham, Gloucestershire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumbria, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Suffolk, Warwickshire, West Mercia, West Yorkshire, Dyfed Powys, Gwent and North Wales.