§ Mr. Maxtonasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will lay before Parliament a consolidated and classified abstract of the statistics relevant to the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 for every year since 1979.
§ Mr. AncramPreparation of the abstract of statistics for the years 1980 to 1982 is in progress and I shall lay the information before the House in the spring of 1984.
Information on recorded crime for the years 1980 to 1982 and on court proceedings in 1980 and 1981 was given in Scottish Home and Health Department bulletins No. 2/1983 and No. 1/1983, respectively, published on 30 September, copies of which were sent to all Scottish Members, and placed in the Library of the House. Statistics for later years are not yet available.