§ 56. Mr. Sandysasked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the figure for 1968 of the number of cases of murder in Scotland corrected in the light of judicial determinations will be published.
§ Mr. BuchanI have already published a figure for murders made known to the police in Scotland in 1968 which takes account of judicial determinations up to 31st December, 1968. I hope to publish a figure corrected in the light of subsequent judicial determinations within the next month.
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§ 57. Mr. Sandysasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the provisional annual figure for cases of murder made known to the police in Scotland, uncorrected in the light of subsequent judicial determinations, which were issued before the corrected figures were available, in respect of the years 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968.
§ Mr. BuchanThe annual figures for cases of murder uncorrected for judicial determinations after the end of the year in question are those given in the annual published volumes of Scottish Criminal Statistics. A provisional figure on the same basis for 1968 was given in my reply on 12th March to a Question by the hon. Member for Glasgow, Cathcart (Mr. Edward M. Taylor).—[Vol. 779, c.279.]