Written Question · S1W-10324 · Session 1
Further to the answer to question S1W-9352 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 September 2000, whether it will provide information on the number of per…
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-9352 by Mr Jim Wallace on 12 September 2000, whether it will provide information on the number of persons with a charge proved in sheriff and district courts and the number of these where the main offence involved was aggravated by having been committed while the offender was on bail for (a) Tayside and (b) the whole of Scotland in (i) 1997 and (ii) 1998 and when the 1999 figures will be made available.
The answer
The information requested is given in the following table. Summary data for 1999 on criminal proceedings in Scottish courts are expected to be published by the end of this year.Number of persons with a charge proved in sheriff and district1 courts, 1997 and 1998SEJDCrime | All persons with a charge proved | Persons with a bail aggravation4
Category2 | 1997 | 1998 | 1997 | 1998
Scotland | | | |
Total | 149,387 | 138,833 | 9,891 | 9,848
Housebreaking | 3,267 | 2,959 | 597 | 574
Robbery | 491 | 446 | 112 | 97
Drug offences | 6,700 | 6,656 | 356 | 434
Other offences | 138,929 | 128,772 | 8,826 | 8,743
Tayside3 | | | |
Total | 12,861 | 12,762 | 857 | 892
Housebreaking | 272 | 222 | 48 | 43
Robbery | 29 | 31 | 10 | 4
Drug offences | 432 | 432 | 17 | 20
Other offences | 12,128 | 12
Category2 | 1997 | 1998 | 1997 | 1998
Scotland | | | |
Total | 149,387 | 138,833 | 9,891 | 9,848
Housebreaking | 3,267 | 2,959 | 597 | 574
Robbery | 491 | 446 | 112 | 97
Drug offences | 6,700 | 6,656 | 356 | 434
Other offences | 138,929 | 128,772 | 8,826 | 8,743
Tayside3 | | | |
Total | 12,861 | 12,762 | 857 | 892
Housebreaking | 272 | 222 | 48 | 43
Robbery | 29 | 31 | 10 | 4
Drug offences | 432 | 432 | 17 | 20
Other offences | 12,128 | 12
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-10324 by reference.