§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many criminal cases were dealt with by the procurators fiscal in each of the last 10 years; how many were marked no proceedings in each of these years; and if he will make a statement. [40176]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe number of criminal reports received by procurators fiscal, and the number of reports marked "no proceedings", are as follows:
Criminal reports received Cases marked no proceedings 1985 339,317 65,580 1986 343,488 71,228 1987 338,739 59,019 1988 335,304 52,497 1989 358,960 45,092 1990 357,704 40,096 1991 375,298 35,434 1992 353,776 34,345 1993 283,145 41,120 1994 268,722 40,614 1995 259,680 37,553