§ Mr. HawksleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce a Bill to make trespass a criminal offence; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. JackWe have no plans to extend the criminal law to all cases of trespass. However the Government
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Establishment Population 4 June 1991 Certified normal accommodation 4 June 1991 Population 4 June 1992 Certified normal accommodation 4 June 1992 Acklington 514 676 626 676 Albany 357 389 293 309 Aldington 109 127 126 127 Ashwell 385 404 395 404 Askham Grange1 103 134 107 129 Aylesbury 239 296 236 241 Bedford 244 171 250 170 Belmarsh 374 360 760 841 Birmingham 993 575 959 567 Blantyre House 87 87 95 95 Blundeston 398 410 336 410 Brinsford — — 339 336 Bristol 394 379 415 374 Brixton 1,061 739 773 630 Brockhill 241 161 155 160 Bullingdon — — 386 635 Bullwood Hall1 95 119 104 126 Camp Hill 453 461 422 481 Canterbury 337 230 173 207 Cardiff 457 338 425 325 Castington 260 300 294 300 Channings Wood 579 594 570 594 Chelmsford 374 244 360 244 Coldingley 246 299 220 222 Cookham Wood1 119 120 117 120 Dartmoor 526 619 521 599 Deerbolt 354 404 383 422 Dorchester 208 152 200 139 Dover 220 347 265 312 Downview 276 286 283 286 Drake Hall1 189 262 186 261 Durham1 880 640 805 579 East Sutton Park1 75 84 87 90 Eastwood Park 89 134 86 134 Elmley — — 313 635 Erlestoke 212 218 206 218 Everthorpe 265 304 223 228 recognise that the current law relating to squatting in premises is unsatisfactory and we have recently completed a consultation exercise which sought views on a range of possible options for improving the protection available to owners and legitimate occupiers. We are presently considering what action would be appropriate in the light of responses to that exercise.