HC Deb 23 February 1988 vol 128 cc136-7W
Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of reports for drugs offences by children in(a) the Tayside region and (b) the Dundee area on the latest available date and for each year since 1979.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 15 February 1988]: The information requested is given in the table.

Initial police reports on children for drugs offences
Year City of Dundee District Tayside Region
1979 1 1
1980 1 1
1981 1 1
1982
1983
1984 4 6
1985
1986 1

Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of reports on children for offences involving handling offensive weapons in (a) the Tayside region and (b) the Dundee area on the latest available date and for each year since 1979.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 15 February 1988]: The information requested is given in the table.

Initial police reports on children for offences involving the handling of offensive weapons
Year City of Dundee District Tayside Region
1979 5 10
1980 18 26
1981 27 46
1982 12 28
1983 17 26
1984 11 20
1985 14 22
1986 11 19

Mr. McAllion

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of reports for crimes and offences per 1,000 children in(a) the Tayside region and (b) the Dundee area on the latest available date for each year since 1979.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 15 February 1988]: The information requested is given in the table.

Number of initial police reports on children for crimes and offences per 1,000 children aged 8 to 15.
Year City of Dundee district Tayside region
1979 59 43
1980 61 46
1981 72 53
1982 59 45
1983 63 60
1984 56 48
1985 56 48
1986 58 47

The rebasing of the population estimates following the 1981 census results in a discontinuity between 1980 and 1981.

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