§ Mr. Meacherasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he will list for 1978, by each Scottish police area (a) the number of deaths in police custody, (b) the total population, (c) the number of arrests, and (d) the ratio of deaths in custody to the population and to the number of arrests.
§ The Solicitor-General for Scotland[pursuant to his reply, 31 January 1980, c. 733]: The information relating to arrests is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. The other information requested is provided in the following table: