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Mrs. Chalker
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the numbers of men and women, respectively, brought before the magistrates for sleeping rough under the Vagrancy Act 1824 and 1935, for each year since 1945 to the latest date for which figures are available.
Mr. Alexander W. Lyon
The information is as follows:
| PERSONS PROCEEDED AGAINST FOR THE OFFENCE OF SLEEPING OUT (SECTION 4 (IN PART) OF THE VAGRANCY ACT 1824 AS AMENDED BY THE VAGRANCY ACT 1935) | ||
| ENGLAND AND WALES 1945 TO 1973 | ||
| Males | Females | |
| 1945 | 387 | 410 |
| 1946 | 464 | 298 |
| 1947 | 717 | 330 |
| 1948 | 1,007 | 354 |
| 1949 | 904 | 265 |
| 1950 | 904 | 242 |
| 1951 | 816 | 266 |
| 1952 | 874 | 271 |
| 1953 | 671 | 214 |
| 1954 | 578 | 141 |
| 1955 | 492 | 118 |
| 1956 | 513 | 122 |
| 1957 | 608 | 116 |
| 1958 | 701 | 134 |
| 1959 | 603 | 113 |
| 1960 | 574 | 80 |
| 1961 | 845 | 105 |
| 1962 | 870 | 100 |
| 1963 | 672 | 96 |
| 1964 | 522 | 63 |
| 1965 | 693 | 64 |
| 1966 | 904 | 78 |
| 1967 | 662 | 64 |
| 1968 | 498 | 42 |
| 1969 | 330 | 44 |
| 1970 | 356 | 38 |
| 1971 | 353 | 48 |
| 1972 | 344 | 29 |
| 1973 | 377 | 23 |