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Written Question · S1W-00567 · Session 1

What percentage of conditional offers issued by the Procurator Fiscal for Glasgow and Strathkelvin in respect of non-motoring offences duri…

Answered Asked by Bill Aitken Con Lodged 15 Jul 1999

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what percentage of conditional offers issued by the Procurator Fiscal for Glasgow and Strathkelvin in respect of non-motoring offences during 1998 were paid in full.

The answer

Answered by Andrew Hardie on 29 Jul 1999 · 14 days after it was lodged, on time

During the calendar year 1998, the Procurator Fiscal at Glasgow and Strathkelvin received a total of 68,103 reports of crime. The total includes cases reported by agencies other than Strathclyde Police, for example British Transport Police and the Health & Safety Executive. It is not possible to extract a separate total of cases submitted by Strathclyde Police.During 1998 the Procurator Fiscal issued 12,695 conditional offers of fiscal fines; warnings were issued in 8,975 cases; 2,409 cases were disposed of by means of conditional offers of fixed penalty, in respect of road traffic matters; 83 cases were concluded by way of diversion; and 1,196 cases were either transferred to the Scottish Children's Reporter Agency, transferred to another Procurator Fiscal's Office or associated with another case against the same accused.

In the Official Report

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