§ Mr. Teddy Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of convictions for murder, attempted murder and culpable homicide, respectively, in each year since 1945.
Mr. Wiliam RossThe information is set out in the table below.
NUMBER OF PERSONS CONVICTED IN SCOTLAND FOR MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND CULPABLE HOMICIDE 1945–1974 Year Murder Attempted Murder Culpable Homicide 1945 4 — 15 1946 6 1 13 1947 1 1 8 1948 3 2 11 1949 — 5 2 1950 9 — 8 1951 1 — 10 1952 3 — 8 1953 4 — 12 1954 3 1 11 1955 1 2 18 1956 1 — 5 1957 2 3 8 1958 6 — 14 1959 6 3 14 1960 5 3 21 1961 4 2 13 1962 9 — 16 1963 2 1 16 1964 8 5 15 1965 15 8 19 1966 22 9 29 1967 26 10 27 1968 25 18 21 1969 22 16 36 1970 25 25 42 1971 40 33 14 1972 33 22 31 1973 33 27 37 1974 35 31 34