§ Mr. Hannanasked the secretary, of State for Scotland (1) if he will provide a table showing how-many cases of murder were made known to the police for each of the years 1945 to 4967; how many of those murdered has themselves a prison record; and how many lost their lives while performing their duties as police officers or prison officers;
(2) how many people were brought to trial for murder for each of the years 83W 1945 to 1967; how many were convicted how many were sentenced' to death in each of those years; and how many were subsequently executed.
§ Mr. RossThe information is set out in the table below. Information about
Year Number of cases made known to-police Number of persons proceeded against Number of persons. against whom charges proved Number of persons sentenced to death Number of persons executed 1945 … … … 24 21 4 4 — 1946 … … … 18 22 6 6 3 1947 … … … 16 10 1 1 — 1948 … … … 14 6 3 3 1 1949 … … … 14 8 — — — 1950 … … … 21 17 9 9 2 1951 … … … 9 7 1 1 1 1952 … … … 13 5 3 3 3 1953 … … … 18 12 4 1 — 1954 … … … 14 7 3 3 2 1955 … … … 11 7 1 1 — 1956 … … … 13 13 1 1 — 1957 … … … 12 6 2 — — 1958 … … … 18 14 6 2 1 1959 … … … 14 11 6 — — 1960 … … … 16 16 5 3 1 1961 … … … 14 8 4 — — 1962 … … … 27 24 9 — — 1963 … … … 16 9 2 2 1 1964 … … … 27 24 8 1 — 1965 … … … 32 22 15 — — 1966 … … … 30 45 22 — — 1967 … … … 41 Not yet available — —