§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (i) prosecutions and (ii) convictions there have been, in each of the last three years for which figures are available, for breaches of licensing rules on street and house-to-house charity collections in(a) the Metropolitan police district, (b) the City of London police district, (c) for each other area in the United Kingdom and (d) in total; and if he will make a statement. [8884]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 16 December 1996]Information collected centrally does not identify individual offences committed under the Police Factories etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1916 and the House to House Collections Act 1939 from other summary offences.
§ Mr. CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to require each police station in the Metropolitan police district to be supplied with a regular list of street collection licences in that area; and if he will make a statement. [8886]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 16 December 1996]I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that police stations within the Metropolitan police district are routinely informed of all authorised charitable street collections in their area.