§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list in theOfficial Report the number of section 1 prosecutions for reckless driving heard in each regional authority area in each of the past five years.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is given in the table:
Number of persons prosecuted under Section 1(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Region/Islands Area Borders 1 — 1 1 — Central 2 1 1 1 — Dumfries and Galloway — 1 1 — 3 Fife 3 2 3 3 — Grampian 3 3 1 8 5 Highland 1 3 — 2 8 Lothian 6 4 1 4 7 Strathclyde 11 13 11 9 9 Tayside 4 4 1 3 1 Orkney — — — — — Shetland — — — — — Western Isles — — 2 — — Scotland 31 31 22 31 33