How many racially motivated crimes (a) were recorded by police, (b) resulted in a police caution and (c) were prosecuted in each of the las…

(a) The information requested is given in Table 1 on page 10 of the Scottish Government Statistical Bulletin Racist Incidents Recorded by the Police in Scotland 2003-04 to 2005-06 which was published in March 2007. Copies of this publication are available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 42705).
An updated version of this statistical bulletin, which will include information for financial years 2004-05 to 2007-08, will be published on 31 March 2009.
(b) Information on the number of racially motivated crimes which resulted in a police caution is not held centrally. This is a matter for individual police forces.
(c) The following table shows the number of persons proceeded against in Scottish courts for racially motivated 1 offences by police force, for financial years 2004-05 to 2006-07. These are the latest years for which information is available.
Persons Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts for Racially Motivated1 Offences by Police Force, for Financial Years 2004-05 to 2006-07
Police Force
| 2004-05
| 2005-06
| 2006-07

Central
| 112
| 100
| 111

Dumfries and Galloway
| 23
| 31
| 21

Fife
| 64
| 52
| 83

Grampian
| 70
| 103
| 102

Lothian and Borders
| 223
| 246
| 296

Northern
| 46
| 51
| 55

Strathclyde
| 705
| 660
| 691

Tayside
| 115
| 115
| 151

Scotland
| 1,358
| 1,358
| 1,510

Source: Scottish Governme