Question reference: S3W-01822
- Asked by: Aileen Campbell, MSP for South of Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 2 July 2007
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Current status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 17 July 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive what (a) number and (b) percentage of charges of sexual offences against men which have come to trial have been referred to the sheriff court in each of the last five years.
Answer
The information requestedis not available as the statistics collected centrally on prosecutions do not identifyvictim characteristics unless this is implied by the specific charge involved.