§ Mr. Bruceasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons in Scotland, separately enumerated for each category of conviction, having been find in the district court on conviction for (a) petty assault, (b) breach of the peace, (c) being drunk and incapable and (d) being drunk and disorderly, were subsequently received into prison for the fine default in each of the years from 1978 to 1985; in each case, what percentage of the
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Persons Fined by District Courts on Conviction for Specified Offences who were Received Into Penal Establishments for Fine Default All Fine Defaulters Received Fine Defaulters Received who had not been given Time To Pay Offence/Year Number As Per cent. of all Fined During Year Number As Per cent. Of all Fine Defaulters Received During Year (a) Scotland Petty Assault 1978 76 2.1 13 17.1 1979 37 0.9 5 13.5 1980 48 1.2 11 22.9 1981 133 2.9 19 14.3 1982 121 2.9 21 17.4 1983 154 3.6 23 14.9 1984 120 2.8 22 18.3 1985 269 6.4 29 10.8 Breach of the Peace 1978 1,328 6.7 460 34.6 1979 1,265 6.2 419 33.1 1980 1,182 5.5 426 36.0 1981 1,271 5.3 318 25.0 1982 1,697 7.8 368 21.7 1983 1,867 9.4 372 19.9 1984 1,841 11.1 361 19.6 1985 2,563 15.5 293 11.4 Being Drunk and Incapable/Habitual Drunkenness 1978 738 8.1 361 48.9 1979 605 6.1 298 49.3 1980 606 6.1 343 56.6 1981 579 7.5 249 43.0 1982 647 9.7 259 40.0 1983 643 11.7 242 37.6 1984 497 11.3 231 46.5 1985 553 16.6 151 27.3 Being Drunk and Disorderly 1978 16 10.3 5 31.3 1979 27 11.7 4 14.8 1980 14 6.0 2 14.3 1981 9 4.7 1 11.1 1982 14 6.4 3 21.4 1983 6 12.0 1 16.7 1984 — — — — 1985 — — — — (b) Aberdeen District Court Petty Assault 1978 1 0.7 — — 1979 — — — — 1980 — — — — 1981 6 3.5 — — 1982 4 2.7 — — 1983 7 4.6 — — 1984 3 2.3 — — 1985 2 0.9 — — total number fined for that particular offence that number represented; for the same categories of conviction over the same period, what number and percentage of those were given no time to pay, and of that number, what number and percentage were subsequently received into custody for fine default; and if he will also detail the same information in respect of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
§ Mr. John MacKayThe available information is set out in the table. Information as to whether persons fined were given time to pay is available only in respect of those received into custody for fine default, not for those whose fines were paid or discharged without recourse to the sanction of imprisonment.
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All Fine Defaulters Received Fine Defaulters Received who had not been given Time To Pay Offence/Year Number As Per cent. of all Fined During Year Number As Per cent. of all Fine Defaulters Received During Year Breach of the Peace 1978 36 5.5 28 77.8 1979 22 3.1 5 22.7 1980 25 4.0 — — 1981 22 3.5 2 9.1 1982 39 7.2 2 5.1 1983 23 4.1 2 8.7 1984 40 8.3 3 7.5 1985 45 6.9 6 13.3 Being Drunk and Incapable/Habitual Drunkenness 1978 24 7.1 8 33.3 1979 21 6.6 10 47.6 1980 15 5.9 2 13.3 1981 15 7.5 5 33.3 1982 34 14.3 11 32.4 1983 27 15.5 5 18.5 1984 3 75.0 — — 1985 1 16.7 — — Being Drunk and Disorderly 1978 — — — — 1979 1 6.7 — — 1980 2 20.0 — — 1981 — — — — 1982 — — — — 1983 — — — — 1984 — — — — 1985 — — — — (c) Dundee District Court Petty Assault 1978 12 5.0 3 25.0 1979 3 1.1 1 33.3 1980 2 1.0 — — 1981 13 4.9 2 15.4 1982 10 5.1 — — 1983 10 5.6 — — 1984 6 4.7 — — 1985 8 5.6 — — Breach of the Peace 1978 44 6.6 6 13.6 1979 74 8.1 8 10.8 1980 46 5.3 7 15.2 1981 55 5.9 10 18.2 1982 37 5.4 1 2.7 1983 50 7.4 — — 1984 26 4.3 — — 1985 38 6.8 — — Being Drunk and Incapable/Habitual Drunkenness 1978 70 18.3 16 22.9 1979 110 33.1 33 30.0 1980 67 18.0 24 35.8 1981 58 15.1 11 19.0 1982 41 13.0 1 2.4 1983 62 16.4 — — 1984 23 6.3 1 4.3 1985 38 11.1 — — Being Drunk and Disorderly 1978 13 12.9 5 38.5 1979 19 13.0 3 15.8 1980 9 5.5 1 11.1 1981 7 5.3 1 14.3 1982 7 5.1 1 14.3 1983 3 8.3 — — 1984 — — — — 1985 — — — — 428W 429W
All Fine Defaulters Received Fine Defaulters Received who had not been given Time To Pay Offence/Year Number As Per cent. of all Fined During Year Number As Per cent of all Fine Defaulters Received During Year (d) Edinburgh District Court Petty Assault 1978 25 6.8 2 8.0 1979 13 3.5 — — 1980 17 4.5 3 17.6 1981 3 0.9 — — 1982 2 0.7 2 100.0 1983 2 0.6 1 50.0 1984 3 0.8 — — 1985 13 4.1 1 7.7 Breach of the Peace 1978 167 11.7 28 16.8 1979 129 9.6 5 3.9 1980 149 10.7 35 23.5 1981 177 12.8 33 18.6 1982 154 12.9 28 18.2 1983 147 11.7 26 17.7 1984 149 12.7 16 10.7 1985 120 12.2 14 11.7 Be ing Drunk and Incapable/Habitual Drunkenness 1978 76 11.6 24 31.6 1979 43 7.7 1 2.3 1980 58 10.2 12 20.7 1981 119 21.8 23 19.3 1982 84 16.8 16 19.0 1983 63 15.7 12 19.0 1984 65 17.2 21 32.3 1985 24 9.5 7 29.2 Being Drunk and Disorderly 1978 1 * — — 1979 — — — — 1980 — — — — 1981 1 * — — 1982 1 20.0 — — 1983 — — — — 1984 — — — — 1985 — — — — (e) Glasgow District Court Petty Assault 1978 21 1.9 8 38.1 1979 11 1.0 3 27.3 1980 16 1.4 8 50.0 1981 72 5.2 13 18.1 1982 77 6.1 17 22.1 1983 93 8.6 18 19.4 1984 77 6.8 17 22.1 1985 192 15.2 26 13.5 Breach of the Peace 1978 780 12.1 383 49.1 1979 679 10.9 357 52.6 1980 661 10.3 334 50.5 1981 683 8.1 221 32.4 1982 1,088 14.8 289 26.6 1983 1,233 19.2 300 24.3 1984 1,232 25.4 296 24.0 1985 2,008 35.9 238 11.9 Being Drunk and Incapable/Habitual Drunkenness 1978 299 22.3 212 70.9 1979 189 10.9 149 78.8 1980 216 10.6 177 81.9 1981 168 13.3 115 68.5 1982 296 27.8 176 59.5 1983 300 32.1 158 52.7 1984 261 35.2 152 58.2 1985 353 64.5 94 26.6
All Fine Defaulters Received Fine Defaulters Received who had not been given Time To Pay Offence/Year Number As Per cent. of all Fined During Year Number As Per cent. of all Fine Defaulters Received During Year Being Drunk and Disorderly 1978 1 * — — 1979 — — — — 1980 — — — — 1981 — — — — 1982 3 * 2 66.7 1983 1 * — — 1984 — — — — 1985 — — — — * Percentage cannot be calculated as no persons were recorded as fined during the year. Notes
1. Where multiple offences are involved persons are classified to the highest ranked crime in the standard classification.
2. During 1983 the offence of being drunk and disorderly was deleted from the standard crime classification, following the implementation of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.