HC Deb 14 October 1976 vol 917 c193W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the total number of convictions for murder, culpable homicide and attempted murder, respectively, in 1975; and if he will publish a table showing the comparable figures in each year since 1945.

Mr. Harry Ewing

The information is set out in the table below.

NUMBER OF PERSONS CONVICTED IN SCOTLAND FOR MURDER, ATTEMPTED MURDER AND CULPABLE HOMICIDE 1945–75.
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
1975* 37 31 26
* 1975 figures are provisional.

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