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Scottish Office

Answer

Mr. Worthington: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the overall number of fiscal fines in each of the sheriffdoms in Scotland in each of the years since they were introduced. [70186] Mr. McLeish: The number of criminal reports concluded by way of a fiscal fine in each of the sheriffdoms in Scotland are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Grampian, Tayside, Central Lothian and North South Glasgow and Highland and and Fife Borders Strathclyde Strathclyde, Strathkelvin Islands Dumfries and Galloway 1988 2,393 1,210 860 1,984 1,809 1,048 1989 2,359 2,363 1,912 3,450 3,509 1,963 1990-91 2,091 3,898 1,875 3,614 3,163 2,188 1991-92 1,908 3,048 2,191 2,955 2,918 2,038 1992-93 2,221 4,101 1,714 3,142 3,242 3,934 1993-94 1,785 3,098 1,859 2,437 3,123 3,278 1994-95 1,946 3,370 1,442 2,003 3,517 3,768 1995-96 1,863 2,367 1,538 1,570 2,862 5,854 1996-97 2,330 2,565 1,253 1,839 3,589 3,562 1997-98 2,136 3,003 1,582 2,651 4,088 5,501 1998-99 2,280 2,172 1,104 2,032 2,938 3,580 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. The figures for 1988 and 1989 are for calendar years. 2. The figures for the first quarter of 1990 are not included. 3. Prior to April 1996 inconsistencies in the method of recording statistics for fiscal fines existed. 4. The figures for the financial year 1998-99 relate to the period to December 1998. From 1 July 1999 this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

70186; 325 c279-80W;325 c279W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Criminal proceedings Convictions Fines Prosecutions Scotland Scottish courts Procurators fiscal

Contains statistics

Yes