§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of referrals of child offenders to the reporter to the children's panel in Tayside in each of the past three years.
§ Mr. FairgrieveThe numbers of such referrals for 1976 and 1977 were, respectively, 1,315 and 1,280: the provisional figure for 1978 is 1,539.