§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many killings, including both murders and those cases where the charges were reduced to culpable homicide, were reported in each of the five years prior to and after 1964.
§ Mr. RossThe numbers of cases of murder and culpable homicide made known to the police in Scotland during each of the years 1959 to 1968 are shown in the table below. The figures have been corrected up to—but not beyond—the end of each year. In a few cases there may have been subsequent changes by later judicial determination, e.g., where a charge of murder has resulted in a conviction for culpable homicide or some lesser offence.
MURDER AND CULPABLE HOMICIDE IN SCOTLAND 1959–68 Number of cases made known Murder Culpable homicide 1959 13 20 1960 16 19 1961 14 23 1962 27 31 1963 16 30 1964 27 24 1965 32 31 1966 30 56 1967 41 29 1968 41 32