Written Question · S2W-07842 · Session 2
How many reports procurators fiscal received from each police force in 2002-03 and, of these, how many (a) were marked "no proceedings" on …
The question
To ask the Scottish Executive how many reports procurators fiscal received from each police force in 2002-03 and, of these, how many (a) were marked "no proceedings" on account of delay on the part of the reporting agency, (b) proceeded to trial, (c) resulted in a conviction and (d) are currently pending.
The answer
The information requested, which does not include any figures for cases where no proceedings are taken on other grounds or which are dealt with by way of alternatives to proceedings such as conditional offers of fixed penalties and fiscal fines, is as follows:
Reports received from the police in 2002/03
Agency Name
| Number of Cases
| No Proceedings on account of Delay by Reporting Agency
| Proceeded to trial: evidence led from witnesses
| Reports Resulting in a Conviction
| Pending Cases
CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE
| 14,879
| 264
| 407
| 6,547
| 647
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY POLICE
| 7,640
| 60
| 189
| 3,718
| 319
FIFE CONSTABULARY
| 14,776
| 221
| 386
| 6,135
| 1,173
GRAMPIAN POLICE
| 18,019
| 213
| 552
| 10,365
| 1,316
LOTHIAN & BORDERS POLICE
| 34,934
| 1,482
| 1,484
| 15,485
| 1,664
NORTHERN CONSTABULARY
| 13,437
| 142
| 464
| 6,534
| 556
STRATHCLYDE POLICE
| 148,175
| 12,921
| 5,674
| 46,661
| 13,071
TAYSIDE POLICE
| 23,115
| 97
| 970
| 11,908
| 1,527
BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE
| 1,692
| 9
| 40
| 466
| 134
OTHER
| 64
| 2
| 8
| 10
| 8
Total
| 276,731
| 15,411
| 10,174
| 107,829
| 20,415
Note:
1. Delay by reporting agency figures now also include those marked no-pro time-bar as being time-barred upon receipt.
2. The total number of cases marked no proceedings during the period was 51133; the number of cases dealt with by non-court disposals such as fiscal fines, diversions from prosecution and fixed penalties was 54930 and the number discontinued after proceedings commenced (no further proceedings) was 25097.
3. For more recent figures on no pro as a result of delay,
Reports received from the police in 2002/03
Agency Name
| Number of Cases
| No Proceedings on account of Delay by Reporting Agency
| Proceeded to trial: evidence led from witnesses
| Reports Resulting in a Conviction
| Pending Cases
CENTRAL SCOTLAND POLICE
| 14,879
| 264
| 407
| 6,547
| 647
DUMFRIES & GALLOWAY POLICE
| 7,640
| 60
| 189
| 3,718
| 319
FIFE CONSTABULARY
| 14,776
| 221
| 386
| 6,135
| 1,173
GRAMPIAN POLICE
| 18,019
| 213
| 552
| 10,365
| 1,316
LOTHIAN & BORDERS POLICE
| 34,934
| 1,482
| 1,484
| 15,485
| 1,664
NORTHERN CONSTABULARY
| 13,437
| 142
| 464
| 6,534
| 556
STRATHCLYDE POLICE
| 148,175
| 12,921
| 5,674
| 46,661
| 13,071
TAYSIDE POLICE
| 23,115
| 97
| 970
| 11,908
| 1,527
BRITISH TRANSPORT POLICE
| 1,692
| 9
| 40
| 466
| 134
OTHER
| 64
| 2
| 8
| 10
| 8
Total
| 276,731
| 15,411
| 10,174
| 107,829
| 20,415
Note:
1. Delay by reporting agency figures now also include those marked no-pro time-bar as being time-barred upon receipt.
2. The total number of cases marked no proceedings during the period was 51133; the number of cases dealt with by non-court disposals such as fiscal fines, diversions from prosecution and fixed penalties was 54930 and the number discontinued after proceedings commenced (no further proceedings) was 25097.
3. For more recent figures on no pro as a result of delay,
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