§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of cases made known to the police in Scotland in 1981; and in what percentage of these cases persons were not traced in the following categories (a) vandalism, (b) malicious damage and (c) embezzlement.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested is set out in the following table. Figures for embezzlement are not separately identified.
Crimes recorded by the police, Scotland 1981 Number recorded Percentage of persons not traced Vandalism 41,959 79.5 Malicious damage 15,941 76.6 Breach of trust and embezzlement 768 4.6