UK prostitution facts
There were 60,879 prostitutes in the UK in 2009, who had an average of 25 clients per week - each paying on average £67.16 per visit
One in 10 British men say they have paid for sex, a study of 6,000 found, while 3.6% admitted going to prostitutes in the past five years
The trade in the human trafficking of foreign women to be sexually exploited in the UK is worth at least £130m
50% of women in prostitution in the UK started being paid for sex acts before they were 18, while 95% street prostitutes are problematic drug users
About 17,500 men pay for sex each year in Northern Ireland. Only about 20 people still work as street-based prostitutes, the majority advertise online and work from houses
Sources: Office for National Statistics, University College London, Home Office and Queen's University Belfast
"It would not stop people from entering the trade, it would give them less choice in the type of customer they had, which would probably mean they would take greater risks."
A suburb in Leeds is the first place in the UK where it is permitted for women to sell sex between specified hours. The "managed approach" was introduced to try to control the trade.
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