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Mr. Robertson
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make any special provision for the development of rural areas affected by colliery closures.
| Prosecutions for rape 1984–88 | |||||
| 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | |
| Persons proceeded against | 43 | 80 | 65 | 64 | 82 |
| Persons with charge proved | 20 | 39 | 29 | 34 | 47 |
| Custodial sentence | 19 | 39 | 26 | 33 | 45 |
| Less than three years | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Three years up to five years | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| Five years up to 10 years | 8 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 19 |
| 10 years and over | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| Indeterminate sentence | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Other sentence | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 |