What the average sentence has been in each of the last five years in respect of convictions for (a) egg collecting, (b) the use of poison t…

Answered Asked by Roseanna Cunningham SNP Lodged 11 Jul 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average sentence has been in each of the last five years in respect of convictions for (a) egg collecting, (b) the use of poison to kill or attempt to kill protected species and (c) illegal possession of proscribed pesticides.

The answer

Answered by Hugh Henry on 8 Aug 2006 · 28 days after it was lodged, on time

The available information isgiven in the table.

Persons with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts for Selected Offences(1), 2000-01 to 2004-05
Offence
| 2000-01
| 2001-02
| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05

| Number:
|
|
|
|

Egg Collecting(2)
| 2
| 1
|
-
| 3
|
-

Kill or Attempt to Kill Protected Species(3)
|
-
| 2
|
-
|
-
| 2

Illegal possession of Pesticides(4)
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 1(5)
| 1

| Average fine (£)
|
|
|

Egg Collecting(2)
| 550
| 800
|
-
| 933
|
-

Kill or Attempt to Kill Protected Species(3)
|
-
| 1250
|
-
|
-
| 975

Illegal Possession of Pesticides(4)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 1200

1. Where main offence.
2. Sections 1(1)(c),1(2)(b), 3(1)(a)(iii) and 6 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981.
3. Sections 5(1), 9, 11 and12 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981. Use of poison specifically isnot separately identifiable in the data.
4. The Control of PesticidesRegulations R4(4)(a/b).
5. Offender admonished.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2W-27349 by reference.