HC Deb 10 April 1987 vol 114 cc471-2W
Mr. Milian

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many motorists alleged to have caused death by reckless driving have been charged with that offence and how many with culpable homicide in each of the last 10 years.

Table 1: School expenditure on text and library books—at out-turn prices
(£'000)
Region 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 11985–86
Borders 66 94 1,397 130 163 76 208 242
Central 209 279 316 365 21,166 21,343 21,367 21,572
Dumfries and Galloway 155 168 170 166 189 193 209 222
Fife 319 363 360 452 403 1,239 509 506
Grampian 394 1,575 1,667 667 716 655 708 631
Highland 460 203 256 790 899 21,507 21,556 21,325
Lothian 687 703 931 798 718 739 650 750
Strathclyde 3,333 3,304 2,844 3,346 3,741 3,151 3,757 3,153
Tayside 219 234 248 277 291 331 369 423
Orkney 87 78 65 55 36 39 33 35
Shetland 26 33 38 53 66 178 169 54
Western Isles 142 59 76 223 182 101 65 78
1 Provisional.
2 These figures include expenditure on other educational tools and equipment as well as on text and library books.

Table 2: School expenditure on text and library books—at November 1978 prices
(£'000)
Region 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 11985–86
Borders 66 82 1,031 83 92 36 87 91
Central 209 242 233 232 2655 2628 2574 2588
Dumfries and Galloway 155 146 125 106 106 90 88 83

Mr. Rilkind

[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c.53]: The available information is given in the table.

Information on persons charged is not collected centrally.

Persons proceeded against
Scotland
Causing death by reckless driving Culpable homicide as a result of a road traffic death
1977 59 n/a
1978 51 n/a
1979 38 n/a
1980 47 n/a
1981 35 2
1982 31 0
1983 31 0
1984 22 0
1985 31 0
1986 (provisional) 33 0
n/a = Not available.