Chamber and committees

In September 2003 a system ofissuing citations by post was introduced for most witnesses in summary cases. FromApril 2006 postal citation was extended to civilian witnesses in sheriff andjury cases, except those with special requirements, such as children, vulnerableadults and witnesses whose first language is not English. The number of citationsthe police have to serve personally has fallen by an average of almost 68,000 peryear.

Witnesses receive a letter throughthe post including a reply form, postage paid, for return to the Procurator Fiscal.This is a modern and efficientsystem for citing civilian witnesses in a way that is more convenient for witnessesand frees up police time. Using sheriff officers would require manual productionof hard copies for delivery and manual processing of the receipts. The retentionof police delivery for vulnerable witnesses and children, however, avoids them receivingletters they may not fully understand and provides an opportunity for them to askquestions of the person who delivers the citation.

It is intended to introduce postalcitation for High Court witnesses later this year and plans to issue electroniccitations for police witnesses are progressing.

Prosecution Witness Citations(Non-Police Witnesses): Number of Citations Issued to Police for Personal Service¹

Notes:

1. The information in thetable has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’sCase Management Database. The database is a live, operational database used tomanage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the policeand other reporting agencies. For operational reasons, some witness citations mayneed to be re-issued and this will create some duplication of records withinthe database.

2. The Crown Office andProcurator Fiscal Service completed an upgrade of its electronic casemanagement system in April 2002. Only case records created after that datecontain complete data which is capable of electronic analysis.

The main reason for the reductionin the number of citations issued to the police for personal service in recent yearshas been the introduction of arrangements for serving some citations by post. In2005-06 around 70,000 witness citations were successfully served by post.

However, the SAC does not setaside funding on a country-by-country basis, but rather awards funding accordingto the respective merits of each application.

These figures do not includefunding for events directly associated with the annual Tartan Week celebration,which are funded separately.

Table 1: Employee Jobs in PrintingSector - Edinburgh and Scotland – 1997-2004

Notes:

1. Figures have been roundedto the nearest hundred.

2. The printing industry is definedas Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) 22.2

3. 1997-2002 figures are basedon SIC 1992 codes and 2003-2004 figures are based on SIC 2003 codes. This may leadto a discontinuity in levels.

4. Data for 1997–2002 are basedon 1991 census wards. Data for 2003-04 are based on 2003 CAS wards.

Edinburgh Festivals (inc. Winter Festivals)

Around £500,000 of the moneyfrom VisitScotland was media spend which was put towards a series of TV and cinemaadverts which included clips from the festivals. £14,000 was given to the JointFestivals Marketing Group for the production of an electronic media kit to targetpotential customers through news and travel broadcasts. £5,000 was used to partfund the post of a travel press officer for the Edinburgh Festivals, while an estimated£9,000 was spent on press trip activity.

Edinburgh International Festival

Edinburgh Festival Fringe

Edinburgh International Film Festival

Edinburgh International Book Festival

The Scotlandistheplace campaignset aside £50,000 for Edinburgh Festivals advertising-sponsorship in 2006.