§ Mr. David ShawTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement about the plans of his Department to make information available on the Internet and the documents which he intends to be made available on the Internet over the next year which will be
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§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonInformation is not available on the offence categories reported to individual procurator fiscal offices, or on the offence categories in respect of which no proceedings were taken. The Crown Office collects information on the total number of reports submitted to individual offices by all reporting agencies, and on the number of cases in which no proceedings were taken. The figures for Scotland as a whole are detailed below. My noble and learned Friend the Lord Advocate will write to the hon. Member with a breakdown of the figures for individual offices.
Total reports received Total marked "No Proceedings" Per cent. 1989 374,685 45,092 12.03 1990 381,492 40,813 10.70 1991 389,731 35,326 9.06 1992 387,293 35,587 9.19 1993 317,848 35,590 11.20