§ Mr. R. Gibsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of convictions for breaches of the peace in Scotland for each of the last three years; the corresponding figures for Greenock, 1279W Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen; and the corresponding figures for each of the months of January, February and March 1941, and the corresponding months of 1938, 1939 and 1940, respectively?
Mr. JohnstonThe following tables set out the information desired so far as it is available.
1. Numbers of convictions for breach of the peace, including disorderly conduct and petty assault in Scotland in the years 1938 to 1940 and the corresponding numbers for Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Greenock.
1938. 1939. 1940. Scotland 18,535 16,027 13,285 Glasgow 9,170 7,089 5,227 Edinburgh 587 546 390 Dundee 306 295 296 Aberdeen 319 266 226 Greenock 484 420 380 2. Numbers of convictions for breach of the peace, disorderly conduct and petty assault, during the months of January,
1280WFebruary and March in the years 1938 to 1941 inclusive in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen and Greenock.
1938. 1939. 1940. 1941. Glasgow— January 586 566 252 305 February 609 467 255 240 March 720 752 359 256 Edinburgh— January 67 52 29 25 February 33 46 24 24 March 60 33 36 40 Dundee January 33 27 20 19 February 11 13 22 43 March 22 18 29 27 Aberdeen January 18 27 18 14 February 22 26 20 19 March 27 13 10 9 Greenock— January 11 63 32 38 February 79 22 27 22 March 41 36 25 42 Corresponding monthly figures for the whole of Scotland are not available.