§ Dr. Godmanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons were proceeded against for the offence of being drunk and incapable in (a) Inverclyde, (b) Strathclyde and (c) Scotland for each of the past five years; and of these how many received custodial sentences.
§ Mr. AncramThe table provides the information requested for the two offences of being drunk and disorderly and of habitual drunkenness which are combined in the classification of crimes and offences used by my Department.
Persons proceeded against for being drunk and disorderly and for habitual drunkenness.
Area 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Inverclyde Total proceeded against 1,718 1,215 1,086 652 797 given custodial sentence 3 3 2 — 5 Strathclyde Total proceeded against 8,611 6,418 5,291 4,159 3,456 given custodial sentence 38 48 20 30 23 Scotland Total proceeded against 13,950 10,991 9,388 7,928 6,581 Given custodial sentence 46 55 23 40 35