§ Mr.Bradfordasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many person were murdered in each of the years 1952 to 1979 inclusive in Scotland.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information re-quested is set out in the table below:
Number of vicitms of murders made known to the police (1) (as at 31 December in each year) 1952 13 1953 18 1954 14 1955 11 1956 13 1957 14 1958 23 1959 14 1960 18 1961 14 1962 30 1963 17 1964 31 1965 32 1966 33 1967 41 1968 44 1969 33 1970 29 1971 47 1972 49 1973 43 1974 38 1975 47 1976 64 1977 68 1978 49 (1) the figures for 1952 to 1956 relate to the number of cases of murder rather than the number of victims.
These figures exclude those cases, initially recorded by the police as murder in a particular year, where an accused person was convicted by the end of the relevant year, of a lesser crime. Figures for 1979 on this basis are not yet available.