§ Mr. William Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total number of persons aged between 16 and 21 years in Scotland proceeded against by the police in each of the last six years.
§ Mr. Allan StewartThe number of persons aged from 16 to 20 proceeded against—in Scotland not by the police, but by a public prosecutor—is not readily available. The number of persons aged from 16 to 20 against whom a charge was proved in the period 1975 to 1980 is as follows:
1975 55,894 1976 55,495 1977 54,127 1978 58,600 1979 55,748 1980 65,976