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<p>The Government is clear that no one should be criminalised simply for having nowhere
to live and the time has come to reconsider the Vagrancy Act.</p><p>Work is ongoing
to look at this complex issue and it is important that we look carefully at all options.
We know from our engagement with stakeholders that there are diverging views about
the necessity and relevance of the Vagrancy Act, and it may not be a question of simply
repealing the 1824 Act and putting nothing in its place.</p><p>We will update on our
findings in due course.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
does not centrally hold data on prosecutions under the Vagrancy Act over the last
10 years. The Ministry of Justice outcome by offence tool, which is publicly available,
holds some of this information:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.publishing.service.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fuploads%2Fsystem%2Fuploads%2Fattachment_data%2Ffile%2F987715%2Foutcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx&data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C77998232c6ab44ede41a08d978f3ae59%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637673810256491808%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=hruvAyHm7sZoBPMLPUh5qb7EZgnEz4SJwEOZogbLKBM%3D&reserved=0"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987715/outcomes-by-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p>
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