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Ms. Harman
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were prosecuted in the magistrates courts in England and Wales for offences under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 in (a) each London borough, (b) Leeds, (c) Birmingham, (d) Sheffield, (e) Manchester, (f)Bristol, (g) Leicester, (h) Cardiff, (i) Southampton and (j) Newcastle in (i) 1980 and (ii) 1981.
Mr. Mayhew
The information available to us is given in the following table; however, it is probably incomplete because some prosecutions are likely to be brought other than by the police.
| Defendents proceeded against for offences under the Protection from Eviction Act 1977 | ||
| England and Wales | ||
| Court/Petty Sessional Division | Number of defendents Proceeded against | |
| 1980 | 1981 | |
| Inner London courts | ||
| Camberwell Green | 1 | 3 |
| Greenwich | 1 | — |
| Hampstead | 1 | 2 |
| Highbury Corner | — | 2 |
| Marylebone | — | 1 |
| South Western | 2 | 4 |
| Thames | 3 | — |
| Wells Street | 7 | 11 |
| West London Magistrates' Court | 5 | — |
| West London Petty Sessional Division | — | 6 |
| Woolwich | — | 1 |
| London Middlesex Courts | ||
| Brentford | — | 1 |
| Ealing | 4 | 2 |
| Edmonton | — | 1 |
| Harrow | 3 | 2 |
| Highgate | 1 | — |
| Willesden | 6 | — |
| London North East Courts | ||
| Havering | 2 | — |
| Stratford | — | 2 |
| Waltham Forest | 1 | — |
| London South East Courts | ||
| Bromley | — | 1 |
| London South West Courts | ||
| Wimbledon | 1 | — |
| Leeds | 6 | — |
| Birmingham | 7 | 6 |
| Sheffield | — | 3 |
Court/Petty Sessional Division
| Number of defendents Proceeded against
| |
1980
| 1981
| |
| Manchester | 2 | — |
| Bristol | 4 | 15 |
| Leicester | — | 2 |
| Cardiff | 3 | 2 |
| Southampton | — | 2 |
| Newcastle-upon-Tyne | — | — |