The available information, consistentwith the numbers of convictions for rape given in reply to question S2W-27511 answeredon 18 August 2006, is given in the following table.Persons with a Charge Provedfor Rape1: Total Number of Charges of Rape which were Proved, byPolice Force Area, 1996-97 to 2004-05 Police Force Area 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Number of Convictions Central 2 - 3 2 1 - 2 1 1 Dumfries and Galloway 1 1 - 1 2 1 1 - - Fife 1 4 10 1 1 5 5 1 9 Grampian 6 - 5 5 1 2 2 2 3 Lothian and Borders 4 9 5 7 9 11 7 8 10 Northern - 2 1 3 - 3 4 2 3 Strathclyde 17 10 12 8 11 20 14 16 13 Tayside 4 4 1 - 3 3 2 6 2 Scotland 35 30 37 27 28 45 37 36 41 Number of Individual Charges of Rape Proved Central 2 - 3 3 1 - 3 1 1 Dumfries and Galloway 1 1 - 1 2 2 1 - - Fife 1 4 12 1 1 5 7 1 12 Grampian 6 - 8 5 2 2 2 2 4 Lothian and Borders 5 12 6 12 9 13 8 9 12 Northern - 2 1 3 - 7 5 2 3 Strathclyde 21 11 15 11 13 26...