§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each procurator fiscal area for each of the last five years(a) the total number of reports submitted by the police, (b) the total number marked "no further proceedings", (c) the total number proceeded with and (d) the total number resulting in conviction; and if he will make a statement.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is as follows:
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1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Tool reports submitted No prosecutions Cases proceedting to court Total reports submitted No prosecutions Cases proceeding to court Total reports submitted No prosecutions Cases proceeding to court Total reports submitted No prosecutions Cases proceeding to court Tool reports submitted No prosecutions Cases proceeding to court Paisley 11,922 2,654 7,059 12,935 921 6,854 11,337 960 6,461 12,502 1,115 6,481 15,136 1,105 7,087 Peebles 834 47 465 1,126 61 672 1,080 50 652 1,137 51 602 1,488 42 748 Perth 9,355 1,641 4,590 8,908 1,211 4,863 11,611 1,494 5,921 10,887 1,376 5,015 10,210 1,476 4,113 Peterhead 2,476 647 1,118 2,731 273 1,583 3,054 300 1,505 3,196 362 1,547 3,282 338 1,480 Portree 690 56 471 586 35 397 617 38 377 848 44 467 539 38 353 Rothesay 362 39 282 373 58 242 316 34 188 363 39 268 331 27 205 Selkirk 2,273 268 1,044 2,280 228 929 2,482 197 1,014 2,404 207 968 2,119 130 1,008 Stirling 6,750 466 4,047 7,623 422 4,145 7,252 506 4,170 7,684 461 4,426 7,245 624 4,114 Stonehaven 2,683 199 1,427 3,119 202 1,514 3,710 239 1,672 4,864 250 2,052 3,426 183 1,630 Stornoway 927 36 702 1,027 20 695 1,118 13 751 1,165 21 846 843 97 527 Stranraer 2,136 194 1,534 2,336 243 1,437 2,241 159 1,618 3,510 250 2,360 3,322 204 2,193 Tain 1,487 250 923 1,464 163 1,036 1,598 148 1,110 1,610 170 1,115 1,616 132 1,197 Wick 1,312 223 945 1,218 114 872 1,532 176 981 1,315 127 932 1,430 181 885 Total 350,573 52,497 196,515 374,685 45,092 208,115 381,492 40,813 208,855 389,731 35,326 217,025 387,293 35,587 210,164
Outcome of court oroceedines bv reeion1 1988 1989 1990 1991 Persons called to court Persons charge proved Persons called to court Persons charge proved Persons called to court Persons charge proved Persons called to court Persons charge proved Grampian region 14,348 13,250 14,407 13,387 15,254 14,010 16,174 14,912 Tayside region 18,717 16,724 17,600 15,855 17,773 15,826 17,026 14,848 Fife region 13,272 12,304 12,446 11,369 12,289 11,214 11,861 10,561 Central region 11,153 9,854 11,032 9,771 10,500 9,432 11,097 9,910 Strathclyde region 88,955 80,696 85,820 75,963 89,281 78,222 83,729 73,911 Dumfries and Galloway region 9,800 9,008 9,134 8,374 8,458 7,830 8,919 8,377 Lothian region 26,415 23,003 28,798 25,791 28,728 25,319 25,902 23,638 Borders region 3,023 2,879 2,889 2,762 3,020 2,881 2,988 2,878 Highland region 8,074 7,587 8,301 7,693 9,352 8,708 9,925 9,191 Orkney 588 560 589 554 562 503 349 324 Shetland 468 459 505 493 562 532 461 440 Western Isles 756 731 663 611 750 709 816 758 Region unknown 3 3 4 4 2 2 — — High Court 1,024 801 965 746 999 757 996 743 Total 196,596 177,859 193,153 173,373 197,530 175,945 190,243 170,491 1 Excludes court type unknown.