HC Deb 10 June 1992 vol 209 cc213-4W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list, in rank order for each police force, the number of females who have reported being raped during the last 12 months.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Information is not collected centrally on the number of rapes reported to the police. The available information on the number of rapes recorded by the police is as follows:

Number of rapes recorded by the police in Scotland in 1991
Number
Strathclyde 138
Lothian and Borders 72
Grampian 42
Dumfries and Galloway 18
Tayside 17
Central 14
pensionable age and (e) pensionable age in (i) the Paisley, South parliamentary constituency, (ii) Strathclyde region and (iii) Scotland.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Annual population estimates by age are not made for parliamentary constituencies. The most recent figures are from the 1981 census of population and are given in the table.

Mr. Allan Stewart

Figures from the 1991 census of population are not yet available. The most recent figures are from the 1981 census and are given in the table.

Number
Fife 11
Northern 8
Scotland 320

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