§ Mr. MartlewTo ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage how many scheduled monuments have been destroyed in each of the last five years in England; what were the causes of the damage or destruction; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BrookeI am advised by English Heritage that, according to its records, no scheduled monuments were completely destroyed during the past five years. However, there were a number of cases of reported damage, due to a variety of causes, and the numbers are as follows: 1988–89—474; 1989–90—53; 1990–91—72; 1991–92—28; 1992–93—46.
It is an offence under the provisions of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 to carry out any works to a scheduled monument without obtaining prior consent or unless the works are permitted under the Ancient Monuments (Class Consents) Order 1981. In appropriate cases offenders are prosecuted.
Number of persons convicted in the Metropolitan Police District (including the City of London) for certain offences by sex 1989, 1990 and 1991 Convictions Offence Year Males Females Kerb-crawling Sexual Offences Act 1985, Section 1 1989 49 — 1990 47 10 1991 87 — Persistent soliciting of women for the purposes of prostitution Sexual Offences Act 1985, Section 2 1989 4 — 1990 9 1 1991 33 — Common prostitute loitering or soliciting for the purposes of prostitution Street Offences Act 1959, Section 1 1989 — 4,500 1990 15 4,336 1991 9 4,459 Living on earnings of prostitution or exercising control over prostitute Sexual Offences Act 1956, Sections 30 and 31 1989 30 4 1990 20 7 1991 22 1 Living wholly or in part on the earnings of male prostitution Sexual Offences Act 1967, Section 5(1) 1989 — 1 1990 2 — 1991 — —