Question reference: S6W-25375
- Asked by: Jackson Carlaw, MSP for Eastwood, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 8 February 2024
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Current status: Answered by Siobhian Brown on 23 February 2024
Question
To ask the Scottish Government how many simple procedure claims were submitted in each financial year from 2019-20 to 2023-24 to date; of those, how many claims were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful, and what the average monetary value was of successful claims in each financial year.
Answer
Simple procedure is a court process designed to provide a speedy, inexpensive and informal way to resolve disputes. A claim is made in the sheriff court with the final decision in a claim made by a sheriff or a summary sheriff. Claimants do not need to use a solicitor to use the simple procedure, but they can do so if they wish.
The following table provides the number of simple procedure claims, and breaks the disposals between those which were successful and unsuccessful. It then gives the average monetary value of the successful claims for each financial year where data is available.
Financial Year | Claims submitted | Successful claims | Unsuccessful claims | Average value for successful claims (£) |
2019-20 | 32,344 | 16,841 | 11,409 | 1,578.98 |
2020-21 | 18,350 | 12,585 | 7,708 | 1,711.23 |
2021-22 | 23,273 | 14,580 | 8,604 | 1,622.79 |
Notes
1. Figures for claims submitted and those disposed of do not necessarily refer to the same cases. Claims submitted in one financial year could be processed in the following year.