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Written Question
Homelessness: Convictions and Prosecutions
Monday 16th June 2025

Asked by: Lord Best (Crossbench - Life peer)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the number of individuals (1) prosecuted, and (2) convicted, under the Vagrancy Act 1824 for each police force area in England and Wales in each year from 2021 for which figures are available.

Answered by Lord Timpson - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on prosecutions and convictions under the Vagrancy Act 1824 at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

The attached table provide the number of prosecutions and convictions by Police Force Area from 2021 to 2024 (latest available data) for offences under the Vagrancy Act 1824.

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