§ Mr. HoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of crime reports submitted to the procurators fiscal by the police resulted in court proceedings in 1980, 1985 and 1990.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information which is set out in the table below refers to court proceedings as a percentage of all reports submitted to procurators fiscal, whether by the police or other reporting agency. The first column details the number of reports received in each of 1980, 1985 and 1990. The subsequent columns detail the disposals for each of those years, although some of the disposals may relate to reports received in the preceding year.