Question to the Attorney General:

To ask the Attorney General, how many charges have been brought under the Vagrancy Act 1824 in each year since 2010.

The data provided below shows the total number of offences in which a prosecution by the Crown Prosecution Service commenced at magistrates’ courts under the Vagrancy Act 1824 and associated legislation.

Total Charges under the 1824 Vagrancy Act and associated legislation

Data Source: CPS Case Management Information Systems

The figures relate to the number of offences and not the number of individual defendants. An individual defendant may be charged with more than one offence.