§ Mr. McQuarrieasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of persons who have received sentences of imprisonment for the crime of murder in respect of the years 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and the first six months of the current year; and what proportion was in the categories of male, female and juvenile, respectively.
§ Mr. RifkindStatistics for the first six months of 1980 are not available; figures for the years 1976 to 1979 inclusive are given in the table below.
September 1,145 October 61 November 134 December 46 1980 January 294 February 669 March 910 April 332 May 483 June 588 July 716 August 860 September 1,129 Total 9,242 Note: Figures for August and September 1980 are provisional to take account of late notifications.