§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many people currently are serving prison sentences for robbery in Scotland;
(2) what proportion of people held in Her Majesty's prisons have been convicted of crimes of violence in the years 1975 to 1979, respectively, in Scotland.
§ Mr. RifkindI regret that there is no systematic record of this sort of information other than the " Prisons in Scotland Report for 1978 " which gives a breakdown of the prison population at 11 June 1978. The number of those serving sentences at this date, after being convicted of robbery and crimes of violence, was 348 and 643, respectively.
§ Mr. Gryllsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is average length of time spent in custody of (a) drunks, (b) mentally sub-normals, (c) prostitutes and (d) defaulters in Scotland.
§ Mr. RifkindI regret that this information is not available for categories (a), (b), and (c). A rough estimate for category (d) is between 14 and 22 days.