HC Deb 13 July 1995 vol 263 cc739-40W
Sir Harold Walker

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the unit cost per pupil in each Scottish local education authority for 1993–94 for(a) nursery-primary and (b) secondary pupils. [34326]

Mr. Raymond S. Robertson

Information on annual budgeted expenditure for each primary and secondary school in Scotland, and per pupil for each such school, is contained in reports published annually since 1993 by the audit unit of Her Majesty's inspectors of schools. A copy of the most recent report, "Scottish Schools: Costs 1993/94 and 1994/95", has been placed in the Library.

Thefts where the main firearm stolen was a shotgun
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Police Force Domestic Other Domestic Other Domestic Other Domestic Other Domestic Other
Central 2 0 1 0 1 2 6 0 0 0
Dumfries and Galloway 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 2 3 0
Fife 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Grampian 4 2 4 1 6 1 4 1 4 0
Lothian and Borders 4 0 15 0 5 1 10 1 9 1
Northern 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0
Strathclyde 19 0 12 1 21 2 14 7 14 2
Tayside 4 1 2 2 5 1 10 2 4 4
Scotland 34 5 34 5 41 8 46 14 36 7
Thefts where the main firearm stolen was a firearm other than a shotgun1
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Police Force Domestic Other Domestic Other Domestic Other Domestic Other Domestic Other
Central 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0
Dumfries and Galloway 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1
Fife 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 1
Grampian 0 3 3 2 4 2 2 4 5 4
Lothian and Borders 7 3 15 3 11 5 10 9 4 2
Northern 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
Strathclyde 6 2 13 3 11 9 13 9 17 13
Tayside 3 1 2 0 11 5 3 3 0 4
Scotland 18 9 33 9 40 22 31 28 29 25
1 Excludes airweapons.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many homicides involving(a) shotguns and (b) other firearms have taken place in each police force in each of the last five years; and how many of the victims in each case were women. [34137]

Homicides where the main firearm used was shotgun
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Police Force Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Central 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dumfries and Galloway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fife 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grampian 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Lothian and Borders 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Northern 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Strathclyde 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 1 0
Tayside 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Scotland 3 3 0 0 1 2 5 0 2 0

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