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Vagrancy

Volume 979: debated on Wednesday 20 February 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he

PERSONS FOUND GUILTY AT MAGISTRATES COURTS FOR OFFENCES UNDER SECTION 4 VAGRANCY ACT 1824 BY TYPE OF SENTENCE OR ORDER
METROPOLITAN POLICE DISTRICT 1978
Number of persons
Sentence or orderSleeping outFound in enclosed premisesFrequenting ('Sus')
Absolute discharge613
Recognisance2412
Conditional discharge3660314
Hospital order under s. 60 Mental Health Act 1959328
Probation order3242
Supervision order819
Fine56111601
Community service order542
Attendance centre order1425
Detention centre order11033
Care order112
Suspended sentence49151
Immediate imprisonment719199
Committed for sentence under s. 28 Magistrates Courts Act522
Otherwise dealt with937
Total found guilty1192501,520