Written Question · S6W-03761 · Session 6
Whether it will provide a breakdown of which type of court the reported 62,907 domestic abuse incidents recorded by Police Scotland in 2019…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government whether it will provide a breakdown of which type of court the reported 62,907 domestic abuse incidents recorded by Police Scotland in 2019-20 were tried in.
The answer
The available information is provided in the following table which has been produced from the Scottish Government’s criminal proceedings database .
People proceeded against with a Domestic Abuse identifier or statutory aggravation recorded against the main charge, by type of court, 2019-20.
High Court
140
Remit to High Court
1
Sheriff Solemn
442
Sheriff Summary
10,534
Justice of the Peace Court
39
Total proceeded
11,156
Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database
Please note : there is no direct relationship between the number of crimes and offences recorded by the police and the number of follow-up actions taken by other agencies within the criminal justice system (including courts).
For example recorded crime statistics count crimes and offences at the time that they came to the attention of Police Scotland while criminal proceedings statistics report on cases which have concluded in court. This means that a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year. In addition, a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime, or a set of crimes with more than one victim, in a proceeding, but only the main charge is counted in these court proceedings statistics. There is also the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings.
Details of comparability issues are described in Annex C ( Understanding the statistics in this bulletin and counting rules , page 97) of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2019-20 publication available here .
People proceeded against with a Domestic Abuse identifier or statutory aggravation recorded against the main charge, by type of court, 2019-20.
High Court
140
Remit to High Court
1
Sheriff Solemn
442
Sheriff Summary
10,534
Justice of the Peace Court
39
Total proceeded
11,156
Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database
Please note : there is no direct relationship between the number of crimes and offences recorded by the police and the number of follow-up actions taken by other agencies within the criminal justice system (including courts).
For example recorded crime statistics count crimes and offences at the time that they came to the attention of Police Scotland while criminal proceedings statistics report on cases which have concluded in court. This means that a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year. In addition, a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime, or a set of crimes with more than one victim, in a proceeding, but only the main charge is counted in these court proceedings statistics. There is also the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings.
Details of comparability issues are described in Annex C ( Understanding the statistics in this bulletin and counting rules , page 97) of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2019-20 publication available here .
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S6W-03761 by reference.