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Written Question · S6W-17845 · Session 6

How many restriction of liberty orders have been (a) handed down by courts, and (b) breached in each year for which data is available, brok…

Answered Asked by Jamie Greene Con Lodged 4 May 2023

The question

To ask the Scottish Government how many restriction of liberty orders have been (a) handed down by courts, and (b) breached in each year for which data is available, broken down by court.

The answer

Answered by Angela Constance on 23 May 2023 · 19 days after it was lodged, on time

In the following table, data on all restriction of liberty orders imposed since April 2013 is provided, covering two contractual periods of the current electronic monitoring service provider (G4S Monitoring Technologies & Services). The data set out shows “status at order end”, either: completed, revoked or expired.
Compliance with a restriction of liberty order is reported back by the monitoring provider to a court, and the court then determines what actions they wish to take in relation to that order, which may include continuing or revoking that order. A restriction of liberty order can be revoked by the issuing court for a number of reasons including: on appeal, on breach of a concurrent order, because a new offence had been committed or a breach of restriction of the liberty order has occurred. The outcome of a revoked order could include actions such as imposition of a further court order or imposition of custody. A breakdown of reasons for restriction of liberty orders being revoked or outcome of revocation, by issuing court, is not held.
The category of “expired” orders, includes orders where the outcome of any court consideration may not yet be known at the point the order ends. It will also include orders that were not being actively monitored at order end. Active monitoring could cease for reasons including: absence of the monitored person without consent, householder consent to monitor at that address being withdrawn or as the individual is otherwise absent for example they are already in custody or are in hospital.
April 22
- March 23
April 21
- March 22
April 20
- March 21
Jan
- March 2020
Jan
- Dec 2019
Aberdeen SC
124
141
165
58
183
Airdrie SC
159
133
134
49
234
Alloa SC
50
71
56
18
27
Arbroath SC
0
0
0
0
0
Ayr SC
91
104
110
43
128
Banff SC
5
2
4
0
0
Campbeltown SC
12
5
1
2
8
Cupar SC
0
0
0
0
0
Dingwall SC
0
0
1
0
0
Dumbarton SC
73
70
62
24
88
Dumfries SC
80
90
45
7
71
Dundee SC
174
161
159
84
231
Dunfermline SC
80
69
74
43
143
Dunoon SC
8
7
7
6
6
Edinburgh SC
228
242
164
72
255
Elgin SC
24
24
22
17
67
Falkirk SC
99
110
140
44
100
Forfar SC
51
68
65
12
55
Fort William SC
3
1
1
0
2
Glasgow SC
1063
939
812
219
919
Glasgow JP
1
0
0
0
0
Greenock SC
89
88
55
32
92
Haddington SC
0
0
0
0
0
Hamilton SC
426
295
268
100
393
Inverness SC
21
21
15
8
13
Jedburgh SC
14
6
12
3
14
Kilmarnock SC
207
237
201
62
283
Kirkcaldy SC
128
103
119
42
151
Kirkcudbright SC
0
0
0
0
0
Kirkwall SC
5
1
1
1
2
Lanark SC
54
72
60
29
69
Lerwick SC
1
3
0
1
1
Livingston SC
120
175
134
66
147
Lochmaddy SC
0
0
0
0
1
Oban SC
22
8
13
4
14
Paisley SC
142
116
54
31
115
Perth SC
61
33
28
27
43
Peterhead SC
18
29
10
3
14
Portree SC
0
0
0
0
0
Selkirk SC
11
25
14
9
24
Stirling SC
55
25
9
7
11
Stornoway SC
3
5
0
2
7
Stranraer SC
11
16
15
6
18
Tain SC
4
4
3
7
21
Wick SC
8
0
5
0
5
High Court
9
8
10
1
5
Sheriff Appeal Court
1
0
0
0
0
Total
3735
3507
3048
1139
3960
Revoked
322
310
192
87
385
Expired
482
517
327
35
123
Completed
2870
2804
2245
766
2669
Jan
- Dec 2018
Jan
- Dec 2017
Jan
- Dec 2016
Jan
- Dec 2015
Jan
- Dec 2014
April
- Dec 2013
Aberdeen SC
134
152
58
19
50
79
Airdrie SC
188
130
127
75
29
17
Alloa SC
38
18
12
11
22
15
Arbroath SC
0
0
0
1
0
13
Ayr SC
100
70
83
88
92
89
Banff SC
1
2
1
0
0
0
Campbeltown SC
11
5
0
0
0
0
Cupar SC
0
0
0
0
0
20
Dingwall SC
0
0
0
0
2
0
Dumbarton SC
72
77
71
38
18
13
Dumfries SC
34
26
32
30
21
54
Dundee SC
251
272
204
189
103
118
Dunfermline SC
127
157
162
147
128
104
Dunoon SC
2
5
3
0
0
0
Edinburgh SC
251
199
202
88

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