How many cases were marked “no proceedings” in each procurator fiscal office in each of the last five years, expressed also as a …

The figures given under “TotalReports Received” relate to all reports received by procurators fiscal and includecriminal reports, complaints against the police and reports of sudden deaths.
The figures show that the numberof cases marked “no proceedings” by all offices was stable at 15% in each of theyears prior to 2002/03 when 51,133 (17%) of cases were marked “no proceedings”.This increase was caused by a rise in the number of cases marked “no proceedings”because of a delay by the police or other reporting agency in submitting the caseto the procurator fiscal. The rise occurred mainly in procurator’s fiscal officesin the Strathclyde, Lothian and Borders, Fife and Central police areas.
The number of cases marked “noproceedings” dropped to 43,702 (13%) in 2003-04.
Cases can be marked “no proceedings”by procurators fiscal for a number of reasons including a lack of sufficient admissibleevidence, mitigating circumstances, lack of jurisdiction over the offence, the factthat the suspected offence is not a crime or that a civil remedy is more appropriatethan criminal proceedings.
FY 2003-04
| Total Reports Received
| Total
- No Proceedings
| No Pro as % of Total

Aberdeen
| 13,257
| 717
| 5%

Airdrie
| 16,064
| 3,103
| 19%

Alloa
| 2,941
| 439
| 15%

Arbroath
| 4,007
| 594
| 15%

Ayr
| 8,802
| 876
| 10%

Banff
| 1,235
| 185
| 15%

Campbeltown
| 697
| 44
| 6%

Cupar
| 2,034
| 419
| 21%

Dingwall
| 1,511
| 155
| 10%

Dornoch
| 386
| 66
| 17%

Dumbarton
| 9,355
| 1,194
| 13%

Dumfries
| 6,559
| 697
| 11%

Dundee
| 14,395
| 2,140
| 15%

Dunfermline
| 7,488
| 973
| 13%

Dunoon
| 1,459
| 250
| 17%

Duns
| 1,058
| 81
| 8%

Edinburgh
| 25,830
| 5,216
| 20%
|