§ 94. Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of murders in Scotland known to the police for each month from January, 1955, to the latest month for which figures are available.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe figures of murders made known to the police in Scotland are as follows:
— 1955 1956 January … … 1 2 February … … 1 — March … … — 1 April … … 2 2 May … … 1 1 June … … 1 July … … — August … … 1 September … … 1 October … … 2 November … … 1 December … … 2 NOTE: Two of these cases in 1955 originally reported as murders were later judicially determined to be cases of culpable homicide.