§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now publish the figures for crimes of violence in Scotland committed during 1969 together with the comparable figures for 1968.
§ Mr. RossProvisional figures for 1969 are now available; and these and the 1968 figures are given in the following table:
CRIMES MADE KNOWN TO THE POLICE—SCOTLAND Year Murder Crimes of violence 1969 (provisional) 30 3,365 1968 41 3,586 The murder figures are corrected up to the end of the year to which they relate. The following crimes are classified as crimes of violence—murder, attempt to murder, culpable homicide, assaults, threats, rape, assault with intent to ravish, indecent assault.