§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many convictions there were in(a) the sheriff court and (b) the High Court for (i) house burglary, (ii) theft, (iii) theft from vehicles, (iv) robbery and (v) murder committed in the parliamentary constituency of Greenock and Port Glasgow in each of the past 10 years; and if he will give the total number of convictions for each of those offences committed in that area as a proportion of those committed in both Strathclyde and Scotland as a whole.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation held centrally on convictions does not indicate the location where the offences were committed but information is available for Greenock sheriff court and generally all such convictions will relate to offences committed in Inverclyde district.
The available information is listed:
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1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Percentage of persons with a charge proved in sheriff courts in Strathclyde who were sentenced in Greenock sherrif court 3 1 3 4 2 3 3 2 3 2 Percentage of persons with a charge proved in sheriff courts in Scotland who were sentenced in Greenock sheriff court 2 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1