HC Deb 30 October 1990 vol 178 cc476-7W
Mr. Maxton

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list Scottish Office spending by function in 1978–79 and 1989–90 in(a) real terms and (b) the percentage change as a proportion of Scottish Office spending.

Mr. Rifkind

Because of the changes to the definition of the public expenditure planning total from 1 April 1990, detailed comparison with years before 1984–85 cannot easily be made.

The table shows the figures for 1978–79 adjusted to the new planning total basis on readily available information. They must be treated as approximate figures only.

police authority and (ii) the average for Strathclyde region police authority; and if he will give the total change in both areas 1979 to 1989 in percentage terms.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information requested is given in the following table.

Number of crimes and offences recorded by the police and percentage change 1979–89
K Division, Strathclyde region police authority
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Percentage change 1979–89
Total crimes and offences 25,585 29,068 28,784 31,390 30,256 33,534 32,758 34,372 36,125 33,301 36,007 41
Total crimes 15,064 16,224 17,330 19,491 19,113 21,633 21,350 22,031 23,346 21,758 23,555 56
Group 1 Non-sexual crimes of violence 394 337 419 443 499 575 584 595 820 714 630 60
Group 2 Crimes of indecency 134 173 178 148 128 163 162 130 150 117 138 3
Group 3 Crimes of dishonesty 11,415 12,430 13,662 15,500 14,831 16,526 15,998 16,594 17,901 16,738 18,048 58
Group 4 Fire-raising, vandalism etc 2,966 3,081 2,817 3,103 3,342 4,007 4,141 4,238 3,857 3,443 3,912 32
Group 5 Other crimes 155 203 254 297 313 362 465 474 618 746 827 434
Total offences 10,521 12,844 11,454 11,899 11,143 11,901 11,408 12,341 12,779 11,542 12,543 18
Group 6 Miscellaneous offences 5,187 5,334 5,291 5,170 5,071 5,305 5,500 5,893 5,844 5,412 5,169 0
Group 7 Motor vehicle offences 5,334 7,510 6,163 6,729 6,072 6,596 5,908 6,448 6,935 6,131 7,283 37

Strathclyde Region Police Authority
1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Percentage change 1979–89
Total crimes and offences 351,269 374,904 384,143 393,682 407,659 417,077 403,637 412,971 435,444 431,863 465,187 32
Total crimes 195,485 198,826 223,685 240,349 243,160 259,502 250,062 246,610 257,722 259,666 275,134 41
Group 1 Non-sexual crimes of violence 7,008 6,715 7,535 7,446 7,895 8,472 9,062 8,852 10,630 10,237 10,519 50
Group 2 Crimes of indecency 2,619 3,027 2,916 2,925 3,099 3,233 3,013 2,648 2,627 2,425 2,601 -1
Group 3 Crimes of dishonesty 151,073 152,937 175,998 188,435 187,349 197,784 187,950 185,150 195,625 197,105 207,053 37
Group 4 Fire-raising, vandalism, etc. 31,261 31,787 32,158 34,757 37,307 41,685 40,958 40,832 38,845 37,773 40,012 28
Group 5 Other crimes 3,524 4,360 5,078 6,786 7,510 8,328 9,079 9,128 9,995 12,126 14,949 324
Total offences 155,784 176,078 160,458 153,333 164,499 157,575 153,575 166,361 177,722 172,197 190,053 22
Group 6 Miscellaneous offences 68,908 69,069 66,592 64,798 63,880 63,662 65,013 66,414 69,297 64,460 65,453 -5
Group 7 Motor vehicle offences 86,876 107,009 93,866 88,535 100,619 93,913 88,562 99,947 108,425 107,737 124,600 43

Notes:

Data for 1979 have been regrouped on the basis of the current Scottish Home and Health Department classification of crimes and offences which was last revised in 1980.

Prior to 1980, the return included crimes and offences reported to the Procurator Fiscal by agencies other than the police in which a prosecution was taken. Since 1980, these cases have been excluded. In 1982, there were about 6,400 such cases in the whole of Scotland, of a total of 762,483 crimes and offences.

Most of the increase in crimes in group 5 is in recorded cases of re-offending while on bail which may in part be explained by changes in recording practice.