HC Deb 06 June 1978 vol 951 cc4-5W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of murders made known to the police in 1977; and what were the comparable totals in each year since 1945.

Mr. Milan

The information is set out in the table below:

NUMBER OF MURDERS MADE KNOWN TO THE POLICE 1945–1977 (AS AT 31St DECEMBER
EACH YEAR
Year Murders made known
1945 24
1946 18
1947 16
1948 14
1949 14
1950 21
1951 9
1952 13
1953 18
1954 14
1955 11
1956 13
1957 12
1958 18
1959 14
1960 16
1961 14
1962 27
1963 16
1964 27
1965 32
1966 30
1967 41
1968 41
1969 31
1970 29
1971 45
1972 47
1973 43
1974 38
1975 47
1976 63
*1977 67
*Provisional

NUMBER OF SCE HIGHER GRADE PASSES
1 2 3 4 5+ Total
Education authority schools 4,195 3,545 3,568 3,733 6,444 21,485
Grant-aided schools 159 191 248 326 1,131 2,055
Independent schools 133 172 208 197 257 967
Total 4,487 3,908 4,024 4,256 7,832 24,507