HC Deb 19 March 1968 vol 761 cc82-3W
Mr. Hannan

asked the secretary, of State for Scotland (1) if he will provide a table showing how-many cases of murder were made known to the police for each of the years 1945 to 4967; how many of those murdered has themselves a prison record; and how many lost their lives while performing their duties as police officers or prison officers;

(2) how many people were brought to trial for murder for each of the years 1945 to 1967; how many were convicted how many were sentenced' to death in each of those years; and how many were subsequently executed.

Mr. Ross

The information is set out in the table below. Information about

Year Number of cases made known to-police Number of persons proceeded against Number of persons. against whom charges proved Number of persons sentenced to death Number of persons executed
1945 24 21 4 4
1946 18 22 6 6 3
1947 16 10 1 1
1948 14 6 3 3 1
1949 14 8
1950 21 17 9 9 2
1951 9 7 1 1 1
1952 13 5 3 3 3
1953 18 12 4 1
1954 14 7 3 3 2
1955 11 7 1 1
1956 13 13 1 1
1957 12 6 2
1958 18 14 6 2 1
1959 14 11 6
1960 16 16 5 3 1
1961 14 8 4
1962 27 24 9
1963 16 9 2 2 1
1964 27 24 8 1
1965 32 22 15
1966 30 45 22
1967 41 Not yet available