§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set out the number of community service orders made in 1980 and 1981 by age group, sex and period of service broken down as in table 6.11 of "Criminal Statistics Scotland 1979" (Cmnd. 8215).
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested for 1980 is set out in the following table. Detailed figures for 1981 are not yet available but the provisional figure for the total number of orders made in that year is 1,170.
Scotland Number of Persons Persons 16 and over and companies Prison 7,050 Young Offenders' Institution 1,799 Borstal 715 Detention Centre 923 Other detention 9 Probation 2,411 Fine 208,021 Other 24,277 Total 245,205 TOTAL 246,258 (Provisional)
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set out the numbers of persons proceeded against, by crime and offence group and type of proceedings, in 1980 and 1981, following the headings set out in table 6.2 of "Criminal Statistics Scotland 1979" (Cmnd. 8215).
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§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information requested for 1980 is set out in the following table. Figures for 1981 are not yet available.
Persons proceeded against by crime and offence group and type of proceedings, 1980 Scotland Number Group Solemn Summary Total Non-sexual crimes of violence against the person 1,318 2,173 3,491 Crimes involving indecency 175 986 1,161 Crimes involving dishonesty 1,845 39,213 41,058 Fire-raising, malicious and reckless conduct 97 4,983 5,080 Other crimes 203 3,381 3,584 Total crimes 3,638 50,736 54,374 Miscellaneous offences 291 87,250 87,541
Initial Reports on Children, by Crime/Offence Group 1980 Scotland—Number of reports Group Referred to Procurator Fiscal Referred to reporter Referred for police warning or to JLO* Total 1. Non sexual crimes of violence against the person 223 200 27 450 2. Crimes involving indecency 67 117 8 192 3. Crimes involving dishonesty 5,307 10,988 3,449 19,744 4. Fire-raising, malicious and reckless conduct 570 1,699 556 2,825 5. Other crimes 73 55 13 141 Total crimes 6,240 13,059 4,053 23,352 6. Miscellaneous offences 3,508 3,414 1,543 8,465 7. Motor vehicle offences 745 210 64 1,019 Total offences 4,253 3,624 1,607 9,484 Total crimes and offences 10,493 16,683 5,660 32,836 (Provisional). * Juvenile Liaison Officer.
§ Mr. Dewarasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set out the number of initial reports on children made by the police, showing to whom these children were referred and the number of reports per 1,000 children aged 8 to 15 years, in 1980 and 1981 in a manner similar to table 5.1 in "Criminal Statistics Scotland 1979" (Cmnd. 8215).
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe information for 1980 is set out below. Figures for 1981 are not yet available.
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Initial reports on children, Scotland 1980 Referred to/for Number per cent. Procurator Fiscal 10,493 32 Reporter 16,683 51 Formal police warning/juvenile liaison officer 5,660 17 TOTAL 32,836 100 Reports per 1,000 children aged 8 to 15 48 Provisional.
Group Solemn Summary Total Motor vehicle offences 190 122,740 122,930 Total offences 481 209,990 210,471 Total crimes and offences 4,119 260,726 264,845 (provisional)