§ Mr. George Robertsonasked the Lord Advocate, for the last 12 months available, how many reports were submitted to procurators fiscal on which there were no further proceedings; and how this compares with the preceding 12-month period.
The Lord AdvocateThe figures for 1978 are 25,469 cases in which no proceedings were taken out of 275,683 reports submitted to procurators fiscal. The corresponding figures for 1977 are 20,497 out of 251,866. The totals of reported cases include sudden deaths, fires, and other incidents involving no criminal element.