HC Deb 14 November 1991 vol 198 c630W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted for(a) begging and(b) sleeping rough and how many people have been convicted of (i) begging and (ii) sleeping rough in the Metropolitan police areaa during the period from January to October 1991.

Mr. John Patten

I refer the hon. Member to my reply to the hon. Member for Newcastle-under-Lyme (Mrs. Golding) on 13 November at columns536–38.