§ Mr. WallaceTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state, in respect of each procurator fiscal office, the number of police reports received in 1989 and the actual number and percentage marked no proceedings.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe number of reports submitted by the police and other reporting agencies to procurators fiscal which were marked "no proceedings" in each procurator fiscal office for 1989 is as follows:
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Reports No Proceedings Percentage Aberdeen 14,411 820 5.69 Airdrie 9,295 768 8.26 Alloa 3,226 306 9.49 Arbroath 2,644 152 5.75 Ayr 11,953 1,175 9.83 Banff 1,140 59 5.18 Campbeltown 803 78 9.71 Cupar 3,288 274 8.33 Dingwall 1,969 179 9.09 Dornoch 660 44 6.67 Dumbarton 9,137 602 6.59 Dumfries 7,073 288 4.07 Dundee 13,812 2,261 16.37 Dunfermline 8,395 615 7.33 Dunoon 1,463 185 12.65 Duns 1,388 93 6.70 Edinburgh 41,411 4,029 9.73 Elgin 4,956 530 10.69 Falkirk 11,329 1,606 14.18 Forfar 3,403 125 3.67 Fort William 1,804 118 6.54 Glasgow 82,948 19,066 22.99 Greenock 7,573 406 5.36 Haddington 4,785 466 9.74 Hamilton 28,404 2,486 8.75 Inverness 6,593 625 9.48 Jedburgh 1,872 138 7.37 Kilmarnock 14,099 1,164 8.26 Kirkcaldy 9,443 517 5.47 Kirkcudbright 1,411 35 2.48 Kirkwall 664 56 8.43 Lanark 5,254 1,194 22.73 Lerwick 1,007 137 13.60 Linlithgow 9,928 457 4.60 Lochmaddy 244 13 5.33 Oban 1,174 74 6.30 Paisley 12,935 921 7.12 Peebles 1,126 61 5.42 Perth 8,908 1,211 13.59 Peterhead 2,731 273 10.00 Portree 586 35 5.97 Rothsay 373 58 15.55 Selkirk 2,280 228 10.00 Stirling 7,623 422 5.54 Stonehaven 3,119 202 6.48 Stornoway 1,027 20 1.95 Stranraer 2,336 243 10.40 Tain 1,464 163 11.13 Wick 1,218 114 9.36 Total 1989 374,685 45,092 12.03