HC Deb 25 October 1967 vol 751 c465W
14. Mr. Eadie

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many exceptional circumstances justified the recommending of the royal prerogative of mercy in the years 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 and to the nearest available date.

Mr. Buchan

The number of occasions on which the royal prerogative of mercy was exercised in Scottish cases was as follows:—

1960 … … 41
1961 … … 33
1962 … … 40
1963 … … 50
1964 … … 7
1965 … … 7
1966 … … 5
1967 (to 31st July) … … 1
In a few of these cases the royal warrant related to more than one person.