§ Mr. Tony BanksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests have been made in the Metropolitan police area of ticket touts under provisions in the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994; and how many prosecutions were subsequently entered into. [8773]
§ Mr. MacleanSection 166 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 makes it an offence for an unauthorised person to sell a ticket for a designated football match in a public place or a place to which the public has access or otherwise by way of a trade or business. The offence came into force on 3 November 1994 and since then there have been 189 arrests for this offence in the Metropolitan police area.
The number of prosecutions in the latter part of 1994 cannot be separately identified from other summary offences. Information on 1995 court proceedings data will be available this autumn.