Talk:Prostitution in the United Kingdom

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[edit] Northern Ireland

For completeness does anyone know the legal situation in Northern Ireland? --Achmelvic 16:16, 27 March 2006 (UTC) The official website of Belfast will tell you I think. Also it could be different to the rest of the U.K as Northern Ireland tends to follow the laws of Ireland, and not Great Britain. Wikisquared 12:47, 18 August 2006 (UTC)

It is different in some regards - the law against kerb-crawling doesn't apply, for example. Unfortunately, NI Law is seen as a rather specialist subject and few of the sources I have mention it at all. Lovingboth 12:17, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

This line:

One of the most famous, but controversial, guides is the McCoy's British Massage Parlour Guide.

Is nothing more than spam. It is of dubious truth too, considering "most" famous is a subjective qualifier.

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[edit] Scotland - imprisonment for fine default

I have removed the reference to there being c. 60 women in prison for defaulting on fines related to prostitution. Table 33B of Prison Statistics Scotland, 2006-07 [1] shows that the total number of receptions to prison in 2006-07 for females defaulting on fines imposed for crimes of indecency (which includes prostitution) was 15 - considerably lower than the figures in the late 1990s. As the average sentence imposed is around 10 days (see Table 34B in the same publication), the average daily prison population must be around 1, rather than 60.--George Burgess (talk) 21:25, 4 December 2007 (UTC)