§ Mr. McAllionTo 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. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of reports on children for 137W 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. McAllionTo 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.