§ Mr. Wilsonasked the Solicitor-General for Scotland how many fixed penalty notices have been issued by procurators-fiscal under section 42 and schedule 2 to the Transport Act 1982; and on how many of these payment has been made.
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§ The Solicitor-General for ScotlandProcurators fiscal may issue conditional offers of fixed penalty for the offences set out in both schedule 1 and schedule 2 to the Transport Act 1982. No separate figures are kept for schedule 2 offences. 58,233 offers were made in 1983 and 1984. Statistics on offers made and fixed penalties subsequently paid are as follows:
Offers made Fixed penalty paid 1983 (from inception on 30 June) 19,896 17,165 1984 (first three quarts) 29,705 25,844 1984 (total) 38,337 — No figures are yet available for 1985.
The figures show that payment resulted in approximately 87 per cent. of cases.