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Mr. Sproat
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the cost to public funds of vandalism in Scotland in 1975, or the latest 12-month period for which figures are available.
Mr. William Ross
None. The difficulties of making estimates in this field are set out in the Report "Protection again Vandalism" published last November by the Home Office Standing Committee on Crime Prevention.