HC Deb 15 July 1992 vol 211 c713W
Mr. Wallace

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the non-doctored islands in Scotland and the number of patients in each.

Mr. Stewart

[holding answer 2 July 1992]: I shall write to the hon. Gentleman as soon as possible.

Cases of homicide, attempted murder, serious assault and petty assault recorded by the police involving the alleged use of a firearm Scotland 1982 to 1991
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 11990 1991
(a) Homicide (murder and culpable homicide)
1. K. division, Strathclyde police 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
2. Strathclyde region 0 5 0 5 3 0 2 2 2 6
3. Scotland 3 6 3 9 5 3 2 6 3 7
(b) Attempted murder
1. K division, Strathclyde police 0 0 5 0 0 1 0 1 5 4
2. Strathclyde region 3 7 13 11 11 17 22 9 27 34
3. Scotland 9 10 14 18 16 20 27 12 31 39
(c) Serious assault
1. K division, Strathclyde police 0 1 7 2 2 6 2 1 3 6
2. Strathclyde region 18 39 34 23 21 57 32 34 26 44
3. Scotland 78 75 80 158 139 147 74 85 55 65
(d) Petty assault
1. K division, Strathclyde police 21 16 16 19 27 19 8 12 13 22
2. Strathclyde region 179 211 180 225 203 169 168 109 158 199
3. Scotland 191 260 213 250 221 195 177 116 238 314
1 The definition of serious assault was amended at the start of 1990. The effect of the change was to reduce the total number of recorded incidents of serious assault and to increase the recorded figure for petty assault correspondingly.

Victims of homicides which involved the use of a sharp instrument Scotland 1982 to 19911
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 11991
(a) Homicide (murder and culpable homicide)
2. Strathclyde region 25 19 29 25 21 32 26 28 27 26
3. Scotland 36 36 46 34 33 44 38 38 44 34
1 Information on the criminal use of sharp instruments, including knives, is not collected at divisional level, or for crimes other than homicide.
2 Provisional.

I have nothing to add to the replies I gave on 24 June 1992 to the hon. Member for Cumbernauld and Kilsyth (Mr. Hogg) at columns 254–55 and the hon. Member for Glasgow, Maryhill (Mrs. Fyfe) at column 252.

Mr. McMaster

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the current levels of violent crime in (i) K division of Strathclyde police, (ii) Strathclyde region and (iii) Scotland; and what action he proposes to initiate to reduce these levels.