HC Deb 04 April 1984 vol 57 c565W
Mr. Greg Knight

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of drunkenness offences in Scotland in each of the following years: 1970, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1981 and the last period of 12 months for which figures are available.

Mr. Ancram

The number of drunkenness offences recorded by the police in Scotland for the years 1974 to 1979 were published in table 2.7 of "Criminal Statistics, Scotland 1979" (Cmnd. 8215). The comparable figure for 1970 was 13,559. Figures for 1981 and 1982 were published in Scottish Home and Health Department statistical bulletin No. 2/1983, "Recorded Crime in Scotland 1982", table 4. The provisional figure for 1983 is 15,046.