§
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
[holding answer 14 February 1992]: Details are given in the table. Information on civilian staff, other than traffic wardens, in traffic divisions is available only from 1988.
| As at 31 December |
Police |
Traffic wardens |
Other civilians |
| 1981 |
1,047 |
617 |
1 |
| 1982 |
1,040 |
573 |
1 |
| 1983 |
1,023 |
559 |
1 |
| 1984 |
900 |
531 |
1 |
| 1985 |
894 |
523 |
1 |
| 1986 |
891 |
546 |
1 |
| 1987 |
899 |
536 |
1 |
| 1988 |
898 |
533 |
182 |
| 1989 |
916 |
511 |
169 |
| 1990 |
907 |
538 |
169 |
| 1 Information is not available for these years. |
| Persons proceeded against in Scottish courts |
|
Reckless driving (i) |
Illegal use of bus-lanes (ii) |
Contravention of pedestrian crossing regulations (iii) |
Speeding (iv) |
Neglect of traffic directions (v) |
Drunk driving (vi) |
| 1981 |
492 |
N/a |
2,492 |
27,296 |
4,105 |
11,460 |
| 1982 |
474 |
N/a |
1,493 |
20,466 |
2,953 |
10,666 |
| 19831 |
575 |
N/a |
1,654 |
22,210 |
2,959 |
11,767 |
| 1984 |
575 |
N/a |
514 |
5,692 |
1,609 |
12,500 |
| 1985 |
537 |
N/a |
409 |
5,519 |
935 |
12,514 |
| 1986 |
658 |
N/a |
434 |
6,976 |
812 |
12,019 |
| 1987 |
590 |
N/a |
407 |
9,803 |
1,011 |
11,438 |
| 1988 |
676 |
N/a |
648 |
11,218 |
1,567 |
10,664 |
| 1989 |
722 |
N/a |
773 |
13,957 |
1,655 |
8,818 |
| 1990 |
783 |
N/a |
909 |
18,197 |
2,227 |
8,830 |
| N/a—Not available. |
| 1 Since mid 1983 many motor vehicle offences have been dealt with by procurator fiscal fixed penalties rather than by prosecution in the courts. |
| Persons with charge proved in Scottish courts |
|
Reckless driving (i) |
Illegal use of bus-lanes (ii) |
Contravention of pedestrian crossing regulations (iii) |
Speeding (iv) |
Neglect of traffic-directions (v) |
Drunk driving (vi) |
| 1981 |
457 |
N/a |
2,376 |
26,467 |
3,884 |
11,244 |
| 1982 |
436 |
N/a |
1,451 |
20,305 |
2,834 |
10,429 |
| 1983' |
540 |
N/a |
1,620 |
22,024 |
2,857 |
11,556 |
| 1984 |
528 |
N/a |
483 |
5,570 |
1,493 |
12,213 |
| 1985 |
501 |
N/a |
392 |
5,432 |
865 |
12,269 |
| 1986 |
609 |
N/a |
414 |
6,882 |
732 |
11,780 |
| 1987 |
554 |
N/a |
390 |
9,695 |
942 |
11,199 |
| 1988 |
633 |
> N/a |
617 |
11,057 |
1,444 |
10,416 |
| 1989 |
652 |
N/a |
743 |
13,806 |
1,525 |
8,650 |
| 1990 |
694 |
N/a |
865 |
17,945 |
2,063 |
8,583 |
| N/a—Not available. |
| 1 Since mid 1983 many motor vehicle offences have been dealt with by procurator fiscal fixed penalties rather than by prosecution in the courts |