Question reference: S4W-09164
- Asked by: Paul Wheelhouse, MSP for South Scotland, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 17 August 2012
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Current status: Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 3 September 2012
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many convictions there have been each year under the Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 2006 for causing unnecessary suffering, and what proportion of those convicted received a (a) disqualification and (b) deprivation order.
Answer
The available information is given in the following table.
People Convicted under Animal Health and Welfare (Scotland) Act 20061
|
Section of Act: |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2008-09 |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
|
SECTION 19(1) |
0 |
5 |
14 |
17 |
13 |
|
SECTION 19(2) |
2 |
38 |
51 |
87 |
58 |
|
SECTION 19(3) |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
SECTION 20(1)(A) |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
SECTION 20(1)(B) |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
|
SECTION 20(2) |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
SECTION 24 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
|
SECTION 25(7) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
SECTION 29(1)(A)(B) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
SECTION 29(2)(A) & (B) |
1 |
7 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
|
SECTION 40(11) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
|
All |
3 |
60 |
80 |
121 |
84 |
|
Percentage receiving disqualification orders1,2 |
0.0% |
8.3% |
6.3% |
14.9% |
15.5% |
Note:
1. Where main charge.
2. Data on disqualification orders are not published routinely as part of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland bulletin, however, the data has been analysed for accuracy. The data is gathered from the same source as the convictions data.
There was no deprivation orders issued.
Information for 2011-12 will not be available until publication of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2011-12 Statistical Bulletin. This is due to be published in November 2012.
The dates of all Scottish Government Official and National Statistics publications are pre-announced, and the up to date list of future publications can be found at:
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/Search/Forthcoming.