Question reference: S3W-01837
- Asked by: Bill Kidd, MSP for Glasgow, 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 how many restriction of liberty orders have been issued since April 2005, broken down by local authority area.
Answer
A total of 1,999 restrictionof liberty orders have been imposed between 1 April 2005 and31 March 2007. The information is not collected by local authorityarea but the following table provides details by court sheriffdom.
| Sheriffdom | 1 April to 31 December 2005 | 1 January to 31 December 2006 | 1 January to 31 March 2007 |
| Glasgow and Strathkelvin | 83 | 73 | 21 |
| Grampian, Highlands and Islands | 80 | 90 | 30 |
| Lothian and Borders | 83 | 76 | 28 |
| North Strathclyde | 53 | 70 | 25 |
| South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway | 156 | 308 | 59 |
| Tayside, Central and Fife | 272 | 402 | 83 |
| High Court | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Stipendiary Magistrates | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 731 | 1021 | 247 |