§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of convictions for drunkenness in Scotland 585W for each of the last three years; what are the corresponding figures for Greenock, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen; and what are the corresponding figures for each of the months of January, February and March, 1941, and for the corresponding months of 1938, 1939 and 1940, respectively?
— 1938. 1939. 1940. Scotland … … … … 13,351 13,400 12,330 Glasgow … … … … 6,003 5,553 4,584 Edinburgh … … … … 1,945 2,278 1,860 Dundee … … … … 988 1,004 861 Aberdeen … … … … 360 486 471 Greenock … … … … 538 604 569 2. Number of convictions for drunkenness during the months of January, February and March in the years 1938–1941
— 1938. 1939. 1940. 1941. Glasgow … … January … 493 471 346 353 February … 437 433 311 344 March … 499 483 381 333 Edinburgh … … January … 179 156 146 141 February … 133 122 139 115 March … 146 161 199 139 Dundee … … … January … 69 75 79 56 February … 68 57 65 42 March … 74 62 65 70 Aberdeen … … January … 23 29 45 63 February … 15 24 54 56 March … 36 37 41 48 Greenock … … January … 43 41 55 52 February … 37 30 38 56 March … 58 40 46 49 Corresponding monthly figures for the whole of Scotland are not available. The figures include convictions for being under the influence of drink when driving, or attempting to drive, or when in charge of, a motor vehicle, and exclude convictions for breach of the peace, which do not necessarily involve drunkenness.