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<p>The Ministry of Justice has published information on prosecutions under the Vagrancy
Act 1824, up to December 2020, in the ‘Principal offence proceedings and outcomes
by Home Office offence code’ data tool, available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx"
target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/987731/HO-code-tool-principal-offence-2020.xlsx</a></p><p>
</p><p>In the data tool linked above, you can use the ‘Offence code’ filter to select
the offences of interest. The following is a list of offences that fall within the
Vagrancy Act 1824:</p><ul><li>104/31 – Resisting or obstructing a constable in execution
of duty - offences under the Vagrancy Act 1824</li><li>182/00 – Wandering abroad or
being in any street etc to beg or gather alms or causing or procuring any child so
to do</li><li>183/00 – Wandering abroad and lodging in any barn, outhouse, deserted
or unoccupied building, etc. or in the open air, etc.</li><li>185/01 – Being on enclosed
premises for an unlawful purpose</li><li>188/01 – Any petty chapman or peddler trading
without a licence</li><li>188/05 – Collecting alms or endeavouring to procure charitable
contributions by fraudulent pretence</li><li>188/99 – Offences against Vagrancy Act
1824.</li></ul><p> </p><p>To isolate data for a specific region, use the ‘Police force
area’ filter to do the following:</p><ol><li>For England, select all except those
in Wales (North Wales, South Wales, Dyfed-Powys and Gwent)</li><li>For Wales, select
only those in Wales (as above)</li><li>For Thames Valley, select only ‘Thames Valley’.</li></ol><p>
</p><p>We are unable to isolate individuals prosecuted in the Oxford West and Abingdon
constituency as the Courts Proceedings Database uses the location of the court at
which a case was dealt as a proxy for location. The nearest court to this constituency
is Oxfordshire Magistrates’ Court, which has a broad catchment area including other
surrounding constituencies. We are therefore unable to disaggregate individuals from
Oxford West and Abingdon constituency from those from other surrounding constituencies.</p>
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