§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) men and (b) women were sentenced to imprisonment in 1998 for living on immoral earnings. [83912]
§ Mr. BoatengInformation for 1998 will not be available until the summer. The table gives equivalent data for 1997.
Number of persons sentenced to immediate custody at all courts for offences of living on immoral earnings of prostitution, by sex, England and Wales, 1997 Offence Males Females Living on earnings of prostitution or exercising control over prostitute [Sexual Offences Act 1956 Sections 30 and 31] 23 1 Living wholly or in part on the earnings of male prostitution [Sexual Offences Act 1967 Section 5(1)] 1 —