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Ms. Richardson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted under section 49 of the British Telecommunications Act 1981 for each of the years since the Act came into force; and how many of those prosecuted were (a) men and (b) women.
Mr. John Patten
The information requested is given in the table below. 1989 data are not yet available.
| Persons prosecuted for offences under Section 49 of the British Telecommunications Act 1981, by sex. 1981–1988 | ||
| England and Wales | ||
| Prosecutions | Males | Females |
| 1981 | — | — |
| 1982 | — | — |
| 1983 | 3 | 1 |
| 1984 | 2 | — |
| 1985 | 1 | 2 |
| 1986 | — | — |
| 1987 | — | — |
| 1988 | — | — |