Begging and Vagrancy: Greater London

(asked on 9th March 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been arrested under the Vagrancy Act 1824 in London in each of the last ten years for which figures are available.


Answered by
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Kit Malthouse
This question was answered on 18th March 2022

The Home Office does not centrally hold the information requested.

The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests made by police forces in England and Wales. The most recent statistics, including a breakdown of arrests by police force area, covering the year ending 31 March 2021 can be found in Section 3 here: Police powers and procedures: Stop and search and arrests, England and Wales, year ending 31 March 2021 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

These data only cover arrests for notifiable offences and therefore will not include arrests made under the Vagrancy Act 1824.

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