Duchess of ATHOLLasked the Secretary for Scotland how many cases of assault or sexual offences committed in regard to children and girls below the age of 16 were reported to the police in Scotland during the last three years; in how many of these cases convictions were obtained; how many children were concerned in these cases; how many of the children were below five years of age: and in how many of these cases were there records of previous convictions for similar offences?
Mr. ADAMSON, pursuant to his reply [OFFICIAL REPORT, 4th August, 1924, col. 2542], supplied the following return, giving the information desired:
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District. No. of cases reported. No. in which convictions obtained. No. of children concerned. No. of children below five years of age No. of cases in which there were records of previous convictions for similar offences. Inverness— Fort William (Inverness-shire and Argyllshire). 3 2 4 — — Inverness District 6 5 6 — — Lochmaddy District — — — — — Portree — — — — — Kincardine 11 11 11 1 2 Kinross 7 6 15 — 1 Kirkcudbright 6 6 8 — — Lanark— Airdrie District 24 20 38 4 1 Glasgow 880 257 1,106 212 30 Hamilton District 37 22 54 1 1 Lanark 4 2 7 1 — Linlithgow 13 8 16 1 — Nairn 3 3 8 1 — Orkney 2 1 2 — — Peebles 1 — 1 — — Perth 33 11 46 2 1 Renfrew— Greenock 33 25 46 7 1 Paisley 35 20 56 3 2 Ross and Cromarty— Dingwall 1 — — — — Stornoway — — — — — Roxburgh 6 3 12 — — Selkirk — — — — — Stirling— Falkirk 22 8 28 4 — Stirling 30 13 34 6 1 Sutherland 1 — 1 — — Wigtown— Stranraer — — — — — Wigtown 1 1 2 — — Zetland 2 — 3 — — Total 2,108 809 2,680 352 70