§ Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of murders known to the police in Scotland for each month during the five years from September, 1951.
§ Mr. J. StuartThe number of cases of murder made known to the police in Scotland for each month during the five years from September, 1951, are as follows:
— 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 January — 2 1 — 1 2 February — — — — 1 — March — — — — — 1 April — — 2 3 2 2 May — 1 3 3 1 1 June — 1 2 1 1 2 July — — 2 2 — 1 August — 2 1 1 1 1 September — 2 1 1 1 3 October — 1 3 — 2 — November — 2 — 2 1 — December 2 3 6 4 2 — 2 14 21 17 13 13 The numbers of these cases originally reported as murders but later judicially determined to be cases of culpable homicide are as follows:
1952—1; 1953—3; 1954—3; 1955—2.