§ Mr. Cookasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report such statistics as are available to him on the number of inmates discharged from each prison or detention centre in Scotland who are subsequently convicted of a further offence.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information is not available in the form requested. Statistics relating to persons received into prisons or the detention centre in Scotland who are known to have previous convictions are published in "Prisons in Scotland, Report for 1978", (Cmnd. 7749), appendix Nos. 12 and 15, and in previous annual reports. Statistics relating to persons sentenced to imprisonment or the detention centre who are known to have previous convictions are published in chaper 7 of "Criminal Statistics Scotland 1978", (Cmnd. 7676) table 7.12.