Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-20451

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 16 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost to each NHS board of legal fees for defending equal pay claims has been in each year since 1997.

Question reference: S2W-19912

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 16 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many incidences of tuberculosis there were in each of the last five years, broken down by NHS board.

The total number of cases and the population incidence of TB in Scotland have remained relatively stable over recent years (less than 400 cases each year and an incidence less than eight per 100,000). We are now targeting BCG vaccination programmes to those parts of the population at most risk of exposure to TB.

The information requested is shown in the following table.

	Number of TB case Reports
NHS Board of Notification	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004*
Argyll and Clyde	35	29	30	34	17
Ayrshire and Arran	21	12	11	10	6
Fife	19	16	10	17	15
Forth Valley	7	5	4	12	5
Grampian	21	30	33	18	23
Greater Glasgow	170	154	195	167	171
Highland	15	12	5	7	9
Lanarkshire	22	30	35	29	35
Lothian	59	47	53	53	80
Tayside	24	11	11	11	16
All other NHS Boards †	10	5	6	8	7
Scotland	403	351	393	366	384

	TB Rate (per 100,000)
NHS Board of Notification	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004*
Argyll and Clyde	8.3	6.9	7.2	8.2	4.1
Ayrshire and Arran	5.7	3.3	3.0	2.7	1.6
Fife	5.5	4.6	2.9	4.8	4.2
Forth Valley	2.5	1.8	1.4	4.3	1.8
Grampian	4.0	5.7	6.3	3.4	4.4
Greater Glasgow	19.6	17.7	22.5	19.3	19.7
Highland	7.2	5.7	2.4	3.3	4.3
Lanarkshire	4.0	5.4	6.3	5.2	6.3
Lothian	7.6	6.0	6.8	6.8	10.2
Tayside	6.1	2.8	2.8	2.8	4.1
All other NHS Boards†	3.1	1.6	1.9	2.5	2.2
Scotland	8.0	6.9	7.8	7.2	7.6

Notes:

*Data is provisional.

†To avoid deductive disclosure from small numbers, the data for Borders, Dumfries and Galloway, Orkney, Shetland and Western Isles NHS Boards is aggregated.

Question reference: S2W-19916

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Robert Brown on 16 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the average funding was per pupil in special schools in each of the last five years, broken down by local authority.

Local authority reported expenditure on special education is published in Expenditure on School Education in Scotland, 2005, table 4.1, which is available at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/stats/bulletins/00389-20.asp.

These figures include all aspects of expenditure on special education, including where pupils are in mainstream schools. It is therefore not possible to calculate per pupil expenditure figures for special schools.

Question reference: S2W-20364

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Friday, 04 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many patients who have waited longer than 20 weeks for (a) an MRI and (b) a CT scan at a hospital run by an NHS board will be offered the choice to be treated elsewhere.

Information is not held centrally in the form requested.

In June this year, I announced a maximum nine-weeks waiting time for eight key diagnostic tests, including MRI and CT scans. This commitment will come into effect from the end of 2007.

Meantime, NHS boards are working to reduce diagnostic waiting times for patients through service redesign, investment in capacity and more efficient working to ensure that the target is met. Many NHS boards are making use of the MRI and CT scanning services provided by the Golden Jubilee National Hospital.

Question reference: S2W-20455

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 08 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 15 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many prosecutions for (a) reckless and (b) deliberate transmission of sexually transmitted diseases have been brought to court and how many succeeded in each year since 1997.

This information is not available. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database records details of the charges against each accused in terms of the specific common law or statutory offence that is alleged to have been committed. Conduct of the type referred to in the question could be charged as rape or assault where the victim did not consent to sexual intercourse or culpable and reckless conduct where the victim consented. However, these charges are also used to cover a wide range of other conduct and cases involving reckless or deliberate transmission of sexually transmitted diseases cannot be separately identified in the database.

Question reference: S2W-20206

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Monday, 31 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how much was spent by each NHS board in each of the last five years on (a) administration and (b) management, expressed as (i) a percentage of total budget and (ii) per head of population.

Administrative and management staff make an invaluable contribution to the operation of the health service, organising services in a way which provides equitable access to the highest possible levels of sustainable quality care and ensuring that the patient’s journey through the system is made as smooth as possible, for example through effective management of patient records and efficient scheduling of appointments.

Administration

(a) The amount spent by each NHS board in each of the last five years on administration, expressed both as (i) a percentage of total budget, and (ii) per head of population was:

	2000-01			2001-02			2002-03
	(£000)	%	Cost Per Head (£)	(£000)	%	Cost Per Head (£)	(£000)	%	Cost Per Head (£)
Argyll and Clyde	4,317	1.02%	10.19	4,228	1.03%	9.98	4,388	1.01%	10.43
Ayrshire and Arran	3,185	0.88%	8.53	3,267	0.92%	8.75	2,257	0.59%	6.13
Borders	1,599	1.50%	14.96	1,636	1.61%	15.30	1,539	1.40%	14.39
Dumfries and Galloway	1,808	1.18%	12.40	1,844	1.24%	12.65	1,277	0.80%	8.64
Fife	2,862	0.92%	8.17	3,327	1.09%	9.49	2,583	0.80%	7.39
Forth Valley	2,514	0.96%	9.04	2,605	1.04%	9.37	1,888	0.70%	6.76
Grampian	4,217	0.88%	8.06	4,355	0.95%	8.32	3,456	0.69%	6.57
Glasgow	7,461	0.77%	8.25	8,043	0.85%	8.89	9,449	0.91%	10.88
Highland	2,827	1.34%	13.55	2,875	1.40%	13.78	2,824	1.27%	13.52
Lanarkshire	3,681	0.73%	6.55	3,919	0.76%	6.97	2,852	0.53%	5.16
Lothian	6,405	0.89%	8.17	6,747	0.94%	8.61	4,486	0.60%	5.76
Orkney	709	3.09%	36.40	765	3.50%	39.27	589	2.47%	30.65
Shetland	645	2.34%	28.74	619	2.29%	27.58	611	2.02%	27.82
Tayside	3,632	0.86%	9.42	4,683	1.11%	12.15	2,721	0.61%	7.00
Western Isles	1,313	3.29%	48.31	1,562	3.82%	57.47	1,446	3.23%	54.67
	47,175			50,475			42,366

	2003-04			2004-05
	(£000)	%	Cost Per Head (£)	(£000)	%	Cost Per Head (£)
Argyll and Clyde	4,913	1.04%	11.78	5,588	1.06%	n/a
Ayrshire and Arran	2,747	0.66%	7.48	2,938	0.58%	n/a
Borders	1,427	1.15%	13.18	1,592	1.08%	n/a
Dumfries and Galloway	1,777	0.99%	12.07	1,898	0.89%	n/a
Fife	3,738	1.03%	10.62	4,306	1.01%	n/a
Forth Valley	2,165	0.75%	7.74	2,619	0.77%	n/a
Grampian	4,140	0.78%	7.91	3,578	0.59%	n/a
Glasgow	12,410	1.13%	14.32	11,721	0.92%	n/a
Highland	3,065	1.25%	14.66	4,858	1.60%	n/a
Lanarkshire	4,028	0.71%	7.28	4,380	0.66%	n/a
Lothian	5,010	0.54%	6.42	4,168	0.44%	n/a
Orkney	626	2.44%	32.42	640	2.06%	n/a
Shetland	641	2.02%	29.31	736	2.04%	n/a
Tayside	3,909	0.83%	10.11	5,162	0.94%	n/a
Western Isles	1,522	3.24%	58.31	2,112	3.91%	n/a
	52,118			56,296

Administration

The boards’ spending on administration costs are taken from note 6 of the published annual accounts for each respective financial year.

The guidance issued on administration costs is based on the Code of Practice for Best Value Accounting for Local Authorities, which focuses on costs of the boards’ strategic functions that are not included in the cost of service provision. Expenditure will include the costs associated with the board’s responsibilities for the planning and commissioning of health care for its resident population (such as statutory reporting, strategic planning, commissioning of health care and financial projections), but not those costs associated with the provision of health care and other non-clinical services provided by the board.

Budgets

The total budget of each board is their Revenue Resource Limit (RRL) which is reported in their annual accounts.

In 2000-01, before resource budgeting was introduced to the Scottish Executive, boards did not have a RRL therefore for 2000-01 their budget has been assumed to be their Total Revenue Allocation which was also reported in their Annual Accounts.

Population

The figures for the population of each board area is taken from Report 086 of the Cost Book, no figures are yet available for 2004-05.

Management

(b) The amount spent by each NHS board in each of the last five years on management, expressed both as (i) a percentage of total budget, and (ii) per head of population was:

	2000-01			2001-02
	(£000)	%	Cost Per Head (£)	(£000)	%	Cost Per Head (£)
Argyll and Clyde	22,884	5.41%	54.04	23,896	5.80%	56.43
Ayrshire and Arran	18,632	5.17%	49.90	20,259	5.73%	54.26
Borders	6,753	6.34%	63.17	7,241	7.11%	67.74
Dumfries and Galloway	8,662	5.67%	59.41	8,939	5.99%	61.31
Fife	16,066	5.14%	45.85	19,397	6.37%	55.36
Forth Valley	11,828	4.52%	42.55	12,637	5.04%	45.46
Grampian	29,609	6.19%	56.57	31,862	6.93%	60.88
Glasgow	72,357	7.45%	80.01	74,003	7.78%	81.83
Highland	10,263	4.86%	49.20	12,041	5.88%	57.72
Lanarkshire	33,315	6.61%	59.28	35,659	6.96%	63.45
Lothian	48,099	6.65%	61.38	47,758	6.65%	60.95
Orkney	885	3.85%	45.43	1,076	4.92%	55.24
Shetland	872	3.16%	38.86	1,152	4.25%	51.34
Tayside	35,005	8.29%	90.80	30,434	7.19%	78.95
Western Isles	1,947	4.88%	71.63	1,992	4.87%	73.29
	317,177			328,346

	2002-03			2003-04
	(£000)	%	Cost per head (£)	(£000)	%	Cost per head (£)
Argyll and Clyde	25,680	5.90%	61.04	25,548	5.42%	61.27
Ayrshire and Arran	22,454	5.89%	60.97	24,387	5.86%	66.42
Borders	7,882	7.18%	73.70	7,790	6.26%	71.94
Dumfries and Galloway	9,212	5.77%	62.34	7,438	4.13%	50.53
Fife	19,142	5.93%	54.74	22,823	6.31%	64.85
Forth Valley	15,764	5.85%	56.45	17,285	5.97%	61.80
Grampian	34,923	6.98%	66.41	35,849	6.78%	68.49
Glasgow	81,850	7.91%	94.28	92,369	8.38%	106.62
Highland	12,663	5.70%	60.61	13,775	5.63%	65.88
Lanarkshire	36,903	6.82%	66.70	40,907	7.22%	73.91
Lothian	57,599	7.70%	73.94	58,732	6.36%	75.30
Orkney	1,260	5.29%	65.56	1,245	4.85%	64.48
Shetland	1,280	4.24%	58.29	1,556	4.90%	71.13
Tayside	33,260	7.50%	85.56	34,813	7.36%	90.06
Western Isles	2,037	4.56%	77.01	2,355	5.01%	90.21
	361,909			386,871

Management

The figures for Management costs are taken from Scottish Financial Return (SFR) 5.2, which is completed by each hospital and submitted to the NHS National Service Scotland Information and Statistics Division for publication in the Cost Book.

The above costs report the administrative and management costs of running all hospitals in NHSScotland. The range of support services in a hospital which are considered management and administrative include:

Hospital Medical/Paramedical Administrative Support;

Senior Nursing and Hospital Administrative Support;

Medical Records;

Hospital administration, including senior management, and

Administrative agency staff and agency services.

The figures for 2004-05 have not been published.

Question reference: S2W-19924

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Colin Boyd on 15 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) fined in connection with an offence directly relating to the illegal use of petrol or diesel in a motor vehicle in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area.

Information is not available at the level of detail requested.

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database records details of the charges against each accused in terms of the specific common law or statutory offence that is alleged to have been committed. In the case of illegal use or petrol or diesel in a motor vehicle, the relevant offence is usually the offence of evasion of duty under section 170(2)(a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979. That offence also covers other offences relating to the evasion of duty (eg evasion of duty on cigarettes or alcohol) and it is not possible to determine from the information held on the database the nature of the goods involved in each case. The following table provides details of all charges since April 2002 which led to prosecutions for offences under section 170(2)(a) of the 1979 Act.

Charges Prosecuted under Section 170(2)(a) of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979¹

Police Force Area	Disposal	2002-03²	2003-04	2004-05
Lothian and Borders	No Further Proceedings	0	0	3
Strathclyde	Charge still “active”	0	0	1
	Guilty - Imprisonment	0	0	1
	Not Guilty	1	0	0
	No Further Proceedings	1	0	0

Notes:

1. The information in this table has been extracted from the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service’s Case Management Database. The database is a live, operational database used to manage the processing of reports submitted to procurators fiscal by the police and other reporting agencies.

2. The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service completed an upgrade of its electronic case management system in April 2002. Only case records created after that date contain complete data which is capable of electronic analysis. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency the database will record details only of the amended charge.

Question reference: S2W-19920

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 15 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many assaults there were on hospital staff on hospital premises in each of the last five years, broken down by hospital.

The information asked for is not collected centrally in the form requested. There is data available on violence and aggression related incidents available on the Scottish Health Statistics website under workforce statistics, www.isdscotland.org/workforce .

Section A gives details of the overall summary of workforce statistics in NHS Scotland. Table A8 has a breakdown of the number of occupational injuries by type of organisation and staff group which includes the number of incidents related to violence and aggression. Latest figures are at 31 March 2004.

Question reference: S2W-20222

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for the other crimes of (i) crimes against public justice, (ii) handling an offensive weapon, (iii) drugs and (iv) other there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

The available information is given in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 are scheduled for publication in March 2006.

The statistics dealing with recorded crime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceeded against for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is the possibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course of judicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year and court proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-04¹

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004

Central	921	1,134	1,438	1,484	1,779
Dumfries and Galloway	376	438	510	718	776
Fife	1,020	1,090	1,422	1,860	1,688
Grampian	1,311	1,741	2,085	2,004	1,761
Lothian and Borders	3,304	3,624	4,143	3,553	3,545
Northern	723	929	987	1,147	1,188
Strathclyde	9,439	10,345	10,960	11,589	12,189
Tayside	1,336	949	1,126	2,442	3,087
Scotland	18,430	20,250	22,671	24,797	26,013
Handling an Offensive Weapon
Central	219	335	413	361	448
Dumfries and Galloway	152	104	155	148	127
Fife	418	434	287	181	283
Grampian	438	484	526	552	645
Lothian and Borders	944	1,018	1,095	1,019	1,153
Northern	232	273	294	261	276
Strathclyde	5,167	5,596	6,630	6,114	6,668
Tayside	583	427	291	219	393
Scotland	8,153	8,671	9,691	8,855	9,993
Drug Offences
Central	1,285	1,977	1,917	1,945	2,124
Dumfries and Galloway	448	649	775	919	887
Fife	1,248	1,645	1,944	1,804	1,886
Grampian	2,319	2,598	3,152	2,785	3,122
Lothian and Borders	5,198	5,566	6,590	5,404	6,216
Northern	1,084	1,607	1,656	1,842	1,844
Strathclyde	18,225	20,083	21,730	22,868	22,875
Tayside	1,624	2,050	2,615	2,898	3,430
Scotland	31,431	36,175	40,379	40,465	42,384
Other Crimes
Central	5	4	3	8	1
Dumfries and Galloway	4	-	6	16	5
Fife	-	6	19	-	1
Grampian	6	6	2	12	20
Lothian and Borders	4	25	13	23	18
Northern	7	15	2	13	6
Strathclyde	50	55	83	82	102
Tayside	4	3	14	11	37
Scotland	80	114	142	165	190

Selected Crimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-04¹

Local authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Crimes Against Public Justice
Aberdeen City	756	933	1,349	1,117	864
Aberdeenshire	344	441	399	464	442
Angus	234	233	246	415	362
Argyll and Bute	303	497	389	395	381
Clackmannanshire	185	178	303	266	472
Dumfries and Galloway	376	438	510	718	776
Dundee City	821	497	577	1,591	2,107
East Ayrshire	378	363	388	398	397
East Dunbartonshire	152	178	198	208	216
East Lothian	188	178	242	176	156
East Renfrewshire	161	158	146	153	189
Edinburgh, City of	2,087	2,251	2,626	2,256	2,230
Eilean Siar	43	43	42	43	81
Falkirk	450	573	736	770	793
Fife	1,020	1,090	1,422	1,860	1,688
Glasgow City	4,437	4,814	5,117	5,309	5,208
Highland	643	837	893	1,034	1,030
Inverclyde	320	332	352	365	374
Midlothian	250	277	288	269	264
Moray	211	367	337	423	455
North Ayrshire	396	391	486	519	551
North Lanarkshire	981	1,140	1,389	1,611	1,934
Orkney Islands	20	23	22	29	34
Perth and Kinross	281	219	303	436	618
Renfrewshire	609	629	636	668	707
Scottish Borders	283	330	388	351	342
Shetland Islands	17	26	30	41	43
South Ayrshire	263	357	466	392	461
South Lanarkshire	978	1,087	1,003	1,088	1,178
Stirling	286	383	399	448	514
West Dunbartonshire	461	399	390	483	593
West Lothian	496	588	599	501	553
Scotland	18,430	20,250	22,671	24,797	26,013
Handling an Offensive Weapon
Aberdeen City	205	234	301	310	338
Aberdeenshire	168	152	136	147	191
Angus	109	87	55	27	66
Argyll and Bute	90	73	94	79	100
Clackmannanshire	34	81	100	77	86
Dumfries and Galloway	152	104	155	148	127
Dundee City	332	234	160	138	215
East Ayrshire	146	181	244	165	227
East Dunbartonshire	74	95	103	92	111
East Lothian	78	76	92	65	68
East Renfrewshire	71	67	97	76	119
Edinburgh, City of	570	606	635	614	641
Eilean Siar	9	9	5	12	11
Falkirk	113	152	184	167	221
Fife	418	434	287	181	283
Glasgow City	2,731	2,834	3,376	3,240	3,367
Highland	209	241	272	242	244
Inverclyde	224	352	372	285	316
Midlothian	63	64	69	78	89
Moray	65	98	89	95	116
North Ayrshire	201	242	282	245	309
North Lanarkshire	387	495	538	536	637
Orkney Islands	5	8	3	4	3
Perth and Kinross	142	106	76	54	112
Renfrewshire	309	321	435	376	412
Scottish Borders	94	94	115	107	133
Shetland Islands	9	15	14	3	18
South Ayrshire	133	122	152	94	106
South Lanarkshire	610	610	689	640	649
Stirling	72	102	129	117	141
West Dunbartonshire	191	204	248	286	315
West Lothian	139	178	184	155	222
Scotland	8,153	8,671	9,691	8,855	9,993
Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	1,334	1,550	2,071	1,689	1,888
Aberdeenshire	724	787	757	741	794
Angus	306	401	489	520	561
Argyll and Bute	450	389	512	584	618
Clackmannanshire	234	295	351	336	329
Dumfries and Galloway	448	649	775	919	887
Dundee City	707	904	1,167	1,307	1,652
East Ayrshire	787	785	950	910	948
East Dunbartonshire	318	465	460	479	516
East Lothian	340	217	507	371	378
East Renfrewshire	428	342	296	316	257
Edinburgh, City of	2,858	3,118	3,863	3,008	3,518
Eilean Siar	47	112	94	93	115
Falkirk	624	844	831	882	1,072
Fife	1,248	1,645	1,944	1,804	1,886
Glasgow City	8,845	9,388	9,330	10,100	9,729
Highland	926	1,370	1,434	1,605	1,527
Inverclyde	901	995	1,145	1,040	1,224
Midlothian	402	404	444	378	462
Moray	261	261	324	355	440
North Ayrshire	845	872	1,054	1,041	1,228
North Lanarkshire	1,817	2,197	3,105	2,960	2,946
Orkney Islands	29	27	41	64	49
Perth and Kinross	611	745	959	1,071	1,217
Renfrewshire	1,073	1,224	1,212	1,205	1,039
Scottish Borders	733	661	647	618	762
Shetland Islands	82	98	87	80	153
South Ayrshire	537	896	992	722	739
South Lanarkshire	1,512	1,864	1,733	2,397	2,539
Stirling	427	838	735	727	723
West Dunbartonshire	712	666	941	1,114	1,092
West Lothian	865	1,166	1,129	1,029	1,096
Scotland	31,431	36,175	40,379	40,465	42,384
Other Crimes
Aberdeen City	4	1	-	7	10
Aberdeenshire	2	2	1	4	9
Angus	-	1	6	1	2
Argyll and Bute	4	1	1	-	1
Clackmannanshire	-	2	1	7	1
Dumfries and Galloway	4	-	6	16	5
Dundee City	4	2	6	6	34
East Ayrshire	-	5	4	12	7
East Dunbartonshire	-	1	5	7	3
East Lothian	2	-	2	-	2
East Renfrewshire	-	-	1	1	1
Edinburgh, City of	2	15	9	15	14
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	-
Falkirk	3	2	2	1	-
Fife	-	6	19	-	1
Glasgow City	22	20	37	27	33
Highland	6	15	2	13	5
Inverclyde	2	6	2	2	2
Midlothian	-	2	-	2	1
Moray	-	3	1	1	1
North Ayrshire	3	2	3	9	10
North Lanarkshire	4	11	15	11	30
Orkney Islands	1	-	-	-	1
Perth and Kinross	-	-	2	4	1
Renfrewshire	3	-	1	3	2
Scottish Borders	-	8	1	2	-
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	6	3	5
South Lanarkshire	6	5	4	2	4
Stirling	2	-	-	-	-
West Dunbartonshire	6	4	4	5	4
West Lothian	-	-	1	4	1
Scotland	80	114	142	165	190

Persons Proceeded Against² in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵

Central	459	568	526	434
Dumfries and Galloway	176	182	130	140
Fife	355	382	278	298
Grampian	403	446	563	643
Lothian and Borders	795	731	710	636
Northern	116	134	185	206
Strathclyde	3,049	3,155	2,415	2,471
Tayside	1,159	1,423	1,110	1,289
Scotland⁴	6,512	7,021	5,917	6,117
	Handling an Offensive Weapon
Central	57	88	83	97
Dumfries and Galloway	45	44	49	72
Fife	59	93	70	71
Grampian	78	135	116	135
Lothian and Borders	230	321	375	316
Northern	36	52	54	65
Strathclyde	2,216	2,648	2,042	2,360
Tayside	179	210	173	185
Scotland⁴	2,900	3,591	2,962	3,301
	Drug Offences
Central	259	378	417	478
Dumfries and Galloway	151	108	154	172
Fife	184	198	240	222
Grampian	501	684	626	804
Lothian and Borders	819	830	645	664
Northern	295	355	419	433
Strathclyde	3,759	3,717	3,289	4,296
Tayside	535	530	595	638
Scotland⁴	6,503	6,800	6,385	7,707
	Other Crimes
Dumfries and Galloway	10	8	3	6
Fife	-	-	1	1
Grampian	-	3	1	-
Lothian and Borders	-	3	-	-
Northern	2	2	-	7
Strathclyde	6	20	9	12
Tayside	1	7	2	4
Scotland⁴	19	43	16	30

Persons Proceeded Against² in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³, by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Crimes Against Public Justice
Aberdeen City	243	266	346	430
Aberdeenshire	118	113	170	147
Angus	158	224	181	213
Argyll and Bute	55	51	37	40
Clackmannanshire	37	64	51	68
Dumfries and Galloway	175	182	128	139
Dundee City	865	1,084	793	854
East Ayrshire	138	133	112	173
East Dunbartonshire	2	3	3	-
East Lothian	35	41	53	39
East Renfrewshire	2	2	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	588	506	453	435
Eilean Siar	3	2	4	5
Falkirk	308	311	297	199
Fife	355	379	276	298
Glasgow City	1,384	1,398	997	850
Highland	103	127	174	181
Inverclyde	152	169	151	153
Midlothian	7	4	3	-
Moray	33	63	40	61
North Ayrshire	5	9	5	3
North Lanarkshire	181	174	151	198
Orkney Islands	5	5	3	2
Perth and Kinross	136	110	133	218
Renfrewshire	264	200	114	140
Scottish Borders	44	60	80	100
Shetland Islands	3	-	3	11
South Ayrshire	244	205	239	291
South Lanarkshire	436	568	484	507
Stirling	113	191	174	166
West Dunbartonshire	164	221	109	107
West Lothian	119	118	113	55
Other⁷	33	33	39	29
Scotland⁴	6,512	7,021	5,917	6,117
	Handling an Offensive Weapon
Aberdeen City	55	74	63	102
Aberdeenshire	13	40	32	18
Angus	35	27	37	38
Argyll and Bute	16	30	15	24
Clackmannanshire	5	11	6	14
Dumfries and Galloway	45	44	49	72
Dundee City	102	129	99	101
East Ayrshire	134	145	127	135
East Dunbartonshire	-	1	-	-
East Lothian	4	27	29	24
East Renfrewshire	1	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	170	208	232	226
Eilean Siar	1	3	3	3
Falkirk	38	54	54	42
Fife	59	93	70	71
Glasgow City	1,232	1,517	1,079	1,260
Highland	33	43	48	60
Inverclyde	92	96	152	157
Moray	10	20	20	15
North Lanarkshire	73	99	97	69
Orkney Islands	-	4	-	-
Perth and Kinross	42	53	36	46
Renfrewshire	170	185	117	159
Scottish Borders	17	33	40	22
Shetland Islands	2	1	3	2
South Ayrshire	55	66	62	74
South Lanarkshire	340	378	332	369
Stirling	14	23	23	41
West Dunbartonshire	100	126	60	111
West Lothian	38	51	74	44
Other⁷	3	5	3	2
Scotland⁴	2,900	3,591	2,962	3,301
	Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	284	357	378	472
Aberdeenshire	114	199	149	189
Angus	137	95	103	116
Argyll and Bute	111	150	95	108
Clackmannanshire	44	48	52	91
Dumfries and Galloway	131	96	145	151
Dundee City	234	224	272	298
East Ayrshire	227	246	226	336
East Dunbartonshire	16	14	20	34
East Lothian	26	45	36	44
East Renfrewshire	10	17	14	14
Edinburgh, City of	493	490	358	370
Eilean Siar	14	18	36	23
Falkirk	142	181	202	193
Fife	182	165	210	199
Glasgow City	1,399	1,319	1,186	1,446
Highland	247	294	343	366
Inverclyde	253	206	260	353
Midlothian	14	21	8	10
Moray	55	79	45	71
North Ayrshire	36	56	35	51
North Lanarkshire	362	351	287	459
Orkney Islands	8	7	6	14
Perth and Kinross	140	186	186	192
Renfrewshire	212	178	147	181
Scottish Borders	108	105	107	88
Shetland Islands	17	20	20	17
South Ayrshire	302	280	259	367
South Lanarkshire	468	576	507	533
Stirling	59	124	151	171
West Dunbartonshire	121	137	115	253
West Lothian	125	109	94	103
Other⁷	411	405	332	392
Scotland⁴	6,503	6,800	6,385	7,707
	Other Crimes
Aberdeen City	-	3	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	-	1	-
Angus	1	-	2	1
Argyll and Bute	-	4	2	6
Dumfries and Galloway	10	8	3	6
Dundee City	-	7	-	-
East Ayrshire	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	-	3	-	-
Fife	-	-	1	-
Glasgow City	3	4	1	-
Highland	2	-	-	7
North Lanarkshire	-	1	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	3	-
South Lanarkshire	1	1	2	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	1
Other⁷	2	11	1	9
Scotland⁴	19	43	16	30

Persons with a Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Crimes Against Public Justice
Central	415	508	443	378
Dumfries and Galloway	142	151	103	115
Fife	312	331	237	262
Grampian	307	364	444	492
Lothian and Borders	652	605	590	546
Northern	93	129	143	180
Strathclyde	1,908	1,946	2,055	2,049
Tayside	1,016	1,283	983	1,073
Scotland⁴	4,845	5,317	4,998	5,095
	Handling an Offensive Weapon
Central	54	70	62	85
Dumfries and Galloway	35	32	44	50
Fife	41	74	55	58
Grampian	63	118	102	111
Lothian and Borders	204	278	325	254
Northern	31	46	46	53
Strathclyde	1,680	1,939	1,821	2,048
Tayside	130	138	134	140
Scotland⁴	2,238	2,695	2,589	2,799
	Drug Offences
Central	235	342	373	452
Dumfries and Galloway	130	97	133	146
Fife	148	160	207	174
Grampian	455	613	564	743
Lothian and Borders	738	776	567	587
Northern	267	349	384	412
Strathclyde	2,984	2,931	3,052	4,009
Tayside	469	468	521	582
Scotland⁴	5,426	5,736	5,801	7,105
	Other Crimes
Dumfries and Galloway	8	7	3	5
Lothian and Borders	-	1	-	-
Northern	2	2	-	7
Strathclyde	3	11	8	12
Tayside	-	-	2	4
Scotland⁴	13	21	13	28

Persons with a Charge Proved for Selected Crimes and Offences³, by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Crimes Against Public Justice
Aberdeen City	175	215	266	322
Aberdeenshire	97	91	139	112
Angus	140	203	165	176
Argyll and Bute	41	35	34	34
Clackmannanshire	32	49	45	60
Dumfries and Galloway	141	151	102	114
Dundee City	764	981	699	710
East Ayrshire	94	100	99	148
East Dunbartonshire	2	3	3	-
East Lothian	26	35	43	36
East Renfrewshire	2	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	473	409	370	363
Eilean Siar	3	2	4	5
Falkirk	286	285	247	183
Fife	312	330	237	262
Glasgow City	824	823	836	722
Highland	83	122	133	159
Inverclyde	117	114	138	128
Midlothian	7	4	3	-
Moray	30	56	32	57
North Ayrshire	4	7	5	3
North Lanarkshire	109	95	116	152
Orkney Islands	2	5	3	2
Perth and Kinross	112	94	118	184
Renfrewshire	149	126	95	118
Scottish Borders	42	55	73	93
Shetland Islands	3	-	3	10
South Ayrshire	194	171	213	253
South Lanarkshire	272	345	430	427
Stirling	96	172	149	134
West Dunbartonshire	92	112	76	59
West Lothian	102	100	96	49
Other⁷	19	25	26	19
Scotland⁴	4,845	5,317	4,998	5,095
	Handling an Offensive Weapon
Aberdeen City	45	64	59	80
Aberdeenshire	9	35	26	16
Angus	29	24	33	32
Argyll and Bute	11	21	13	22
Clackmannanshire	3	9	4	11
Dumfries and Galloway	35	32	44	50
Dundee City	73	87	75	70
East Ayrshire	118	116	121	127
East Lothian	3	26	24	18
East Renfrewshire	1	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	150	178	196	184
Eilean Siar	1	3	3	3
Falkirk	38	40	44	39
Fife	41	74	55	58
Glasgow City	931	1,135	978	1,128
Highland	28	38	40	48
Inverclyde	79	84	143	142
Moray	9	18	16	15
North Lanarkshire	50	61	78	54
Orkney Islands	-	4	-	-
Perth and Kinross	28	27	26	38
Renfrewshire	116	133	99	124
Scottish Borders	17	32	37	17
Shetland Islands	2	1	3	2
South Ayrshire	44	50	51	61
South Lanarkshire	253	267	286	300
Stirling	13	21	14	35
West Dunbartonshire	76	72	52	89
West Lothian	34	40	68	35
Other⁷	1	3	1	1
Scotland⁴	2,238	2,695	2,589	2,799
	Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	262	321	339	441
Aberdeenshire	101	180	137	173
Angus	124	91	95	106
Argyll and Bute	92	128	88	101
Clackmannanshire	34	42	43	85
Dumfries and Galloway	116	87	124	131
Dundee City	214	207	238	273
East Ayrshire	195	212	211	321
East Dunbartonshire	15	13	20	34
East Lothian	25	45	34	41
East Renfrewshire	10	16	14	14
Edinburgh, City of	441	446	308	317
Eilean Siar	12	18	30	22
Falkirk	134	169	188	180
Fife	146	133	180	155
Glasgow City	1,048	976	1,107	1,340
Highland	225	290	319	348
Inverclyde	212	180	245	340
Midlothian	14	21	8	10
Moray	52	71	42	69
North Ayrshire	36	55	35	51
North Lanarkshire	311	298	268	449
Orkney Islands	7	7	5	12
Perth and Kinross	111	152	158	175
Renfrewshire	168	136	131	167
Scottish Borders	103	104	103	84
Shetland Islands	16	20	20	17
South Ayrshire	264	233	245	352
South Lanarkshire	359	429	471	506
Stirling	55	110	131	165
West Dunbartonshire	85	96	99	212
West Lothian	116	105	81	96
Other⁷	323	345	284	317
Scotland⁴	5,426	5,736	5,801	7,105
	Other Crimes
Angus	-	-	2	1
Argyll and Bute	-	2	2	6
Dumfries and Galloway	8	7	3	5
East Ayrshire	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	-	1	-	-
Glasgow City	3	4	1	-
Highland	2	-	-	7
North Lanarkshire	-	1	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	2	-
South Lanarkshire	-	-	2	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	1
Other⁷	-	5	1	8
Scotland⁴	13	21	13	28

Notes:

1. Trends in the recorded crime figures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004 of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbers of minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breach of the peace and minor thefts.

2. Figures for persons proceeded against may be underestimates due to recording delays.

3. Where main offence.

4. Scotland totals for court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the police force area and/or local authority area are unknown.

5. Includes estimated data.

6. Incorporates an approximate mapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will deal with cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas, including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

7. Includes High Court cases and those where court location is not known.

Question reference: S2W-20223

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Tuesday, 01 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 14 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) petty assault, (ii) breach of the peace, (iii) drunkenness and (iv) other miscellaneous offences there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by (1) police force and (2) local authority area.

The available information isgiven in the following tables. The court proceedings statistics for 2004-05 arescheduled for publication in March 2006.

The statistics dealing with recordedcrime and court proceedings are not directly comparable as a person may be proceededagainst for more than one crime involving more than one victim and there is thepossibility that the crime recorded by the police may be altered in the course ofjudicial proceedings. Also a crime may be recorded by the police in one year andcourt proceedings concluded in a subsequent year.

Selected Crimes and OffencesRecorded by the Police, by Police Force Area, 2000-04¹

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Petty Assault
Central	2,512	2,748	3,012	3,222	3,846
Dumfries and Galloway	1,209	1,073	1,379	1,903	2,044
Fife	3,322	3,421	3,518	3,930	5,451
Grampian	5,758	5,956	5,692	5,494	7,242
Lothian and Borders	12,916	11,748	10,448	9,503	12,186
Northern	1,995	2,294	2,420	2,663	3,236
Strathclyde	23,131	23,863	24,182	24,500	34,181
Tayside	3,908	3,767	4,075	4,432	3,948
Scotland	54,751	54,870	54,726	55,647	72,134
	Breach of the Peace
Central	3,366	3,792	4,078	4,116	4,814
Dumfries and Galloway	1,529	1,423	1,639	2,392	2,589
Fife	3,669	3,954	4,361	4,667	5,691
Grampian	7,505	8,202	8,078	7,658	9,261
Lothian and Borders	6,613	6,928	7,723	7,680	7,495
Northern	3,917	4,303	4,441	4,831	5,322
Strathclyde	38,051	38,757	37,897	38,936	46,930
Tayside	5,336	5,242	5,952	6,383	5,973
Scotland	69,986	72,601	74,169	76,663	88,075
	Drunkenness
Central	157	162	125	129	130
Dumfries and Galloway	108	71	51	61	82
Fife	365	388	428	532	487
Grampian	211	184	181	199	308
Lothian and Borders	306	491	428	416	323
Northern	867	871	808	808	726
Strathclyde	5,122	5,130	4,497	4,850	4,741
Tayside	674	623	565	537	536
Scotland	7,810	7,920	7,083	7,532	7,333
	Other Miscellaneous Offences
Central	923	1,549	1,146	1,228	1,676
Dumfries and Galloway	178	271	519	415	523
Fife	694	957	976	1,016	1,622
Grampian	1,111	1,057	1,460	1,635	2,567
Lothian and Borders	738	1,211	1,296	1,487	1,904
Northern	613	831	1,018	933	1,158
Strathclyde	15,876	20,227	23,466	27,800	29,821
Tayside	1,140	1,033	1,680	2,301	2,573
Scotland	21,273	27,136	31,561	36,815	41,844

SelectedCrimes and Offences Recorded by the Police, by Local Authority Area, 2000-04¹

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Petty Assault
Aberdeen City	3,096	3,222	3,164	3,098	4,055
Aberdeenshire	1,803	1,752	1,542	1,439	2,058
Angus	902	994	1,151	1,259	1,020
Argyll and Bute	634	566	648	707	1,098
Clackmannanshire	397	508	533	540	692
Dumfries and Galloway	1,209	1,073	1,379	1,903	2,044
Dundee City	2,073	1,829	2,012	2,164	1,803
East Ayrshire	1,024	1,149	1,162	954	1,798
East Dunbartonshire	541	516	483	504	789
East Lothian	981	785	711	684	729
East Renfrewshire	314	322	314	381	555
Edinburgh, City of	7,677	7,167	6,147	5,558	7,210
Eilean Siar	129	131	133	189	289
Falkirk	1,441	1,484	1,608	1,748	1,970
Fife	3,322	3,421	3,518	3,930	5,451
Glasgow City	9,784	9,836	9,985	10,031	12,716
Highland	1,707	1,982	2,096	2,221	2,658
Inverclyde	786	888	854	844	1,090
Midlothian	910	918	766	769	951
Moray	859	982	986	957	1,129
North Ayrshire	1,134	1,138	1,285	1,218	1,986
North Lanarkshire	2,857	3,181	3,382	3,637	5,208
Orkney Islands	70	86	66	95	116
Perth and Kinross	933	944	912	1,009	1,125
Renfrewshire	1,766	1,829	1,591	1,646	2,195
Scottish Borders	1,051	1,021	983	963	1,013
Shetland Islands	89	95	125	158	173
South Ayrshire	974	908	973	883	1,448
South Lanarkshire	2,400	2,598	2,556	2,593	3,847
Stirling	674	756	871	934	1,184
West Dunbartonshire	917	932	949	1,102	1,451
West Lothian	2,297	1,857	1,841	1,529	2,283
Scotland	54,751	54,870	54,726	55,647	72,134
	Breach of the Peace
Aberdeen City	3,405	3,826	3,777	3,464	4,594
Aberdeenshire	2,445	2,431	2,263	2,047	2,664
Angus	1,162	1,240	1,607	1,604	1,420
Argyll and Bute	1,449	1,722	1,408	1,484	1,766
Clackmannanshire	538	674	666	682	918
Dumfries and Galloway	1,529	1,423	1,639	2,392	2,589
Dundee City	2,918	2,714	2,976	3,206	2,804
East Ayrshire	1,571	1,658	1,638	1,570	2,253
East Dunbartonshire	748	772	822	811	899
East Lothian	489	521	515	403	291
East Renfrewshire	571	522	496	589	809
Edinburgh, City of	3,585	3,658	4,072	4,136	3,888
Eilean Siar	269	254	297	328	502
Falkirk	1,901	1,952	2,242	2,187	2,402
Fife	3,669	3,954	4,361	4,667	5,691
Glasgow City	16,390	16,077	15,493	15,725	17,505
Highland	3,439	3,733	3,864	4,139	4,422
Inverclyde	1,352	1,380	1,224	1,251	1,465
Midlothian	581	611	643	714	746
Moray	1,655	1,945	2,038	2,147	2,003
North Ayrshire	1,774	1,868	2,010	2,014	2,638
North Lanarkshire	4,705	5,093	5,615	6,195	7,785
Orkney Islands	97	157	124	147	176
Perth and Kinross	1,256	1,288	1,369	1,573	1,749
Renfrewshire	2,247	2,146	2,012	2,111	2,396
Scottish Borders	854	931	1,158	1,063	1,172
Shetland Islands	112	159	156	217	222
South Ayrshire	1,482	1,359	1,607	1,406	2,058
South Lanarkshire	4,232	4,614	3,976	3,901	4,993
Stirling	927	1,166	1,170	1,247	1,494
West Dunbartonshire	1,530	1,546	1,596	1,879	2,363
West Lothian	1,104	1,207	1,335	1,364	1,398
Scotland	69,986	72,601	74,169	76,663	88,075
	Drunkenness
Aberdeen City	47	33	36	67	151
Aberdeenshire	59	53	38	27	55
Angus	55	44	60	52	47
Argyll and Bute	351	252	229	347	253
Clackmannanshire	16	12	7	10	11
Dumfries and Galloway	108	71	51	61	82
Dundee City	400	424	369	388	383
East Ayrshire	171	179	158	130	158
East Dunbartonshire	74	92	89	77	75
East Lothian	23	26	11	7	5
East Renfrewshire	33	28	18	26	41
Edinburgh, City of	132	261	230	257	166
Eilean Siar	66	60	60	41	48
Falkirk	72	83	60	70	69
Fife	365	388	428	532	487
Glasgow City	1,864	1,999	1,834	1,978	2,026
Highland	757	761	696	714	618
Inverclyde	257	207	190	169	114
Midlothian	24	23	18	15	25
Moray	105	98	107	105	102
North Ayrshire	280	279	212	241	303
North Lanarkshire	678	642	552	675	681
Orkney Islands	11	19	12	17	19
Perth and Kinross	219	155	136	97	106
Renfrewshire	290	310	311	274	162
Scottish Borders	39	71	59	34	46
Shetland Islands	33	31	40	36	41
South Ayrshire	154	163	171	136	166
South Lanarkshire	619	606	427	451	450
Stirling	69	67	58	49	50
West Dunbartonshire	351	373	306	346	312
West Lothian	88	110	110	103	81
Scotland	7,810	7,920	7,083	7,532	7,333
	Other Miscellaneous Offences
Aberdeen City	387	417	579	728	1,286
Aberdeenshire	538	432	505	574	833
Angus	195	218	347	369	524
Argyll and Bute	403	291	314	490	495
Clackmannanshire	129	165	162	164	242
Dumfries and Galloway	178	271	519	415	523
Dundee City	784	670	1,016	1,523	1,515
East Ayrshire	469	454	717	850	835
East Dunbartonshire	386	435	568	535	776
East Lothian	68	116	79	48	63
East Renfrewshire	240	340	393	437	629
Edinburgh, City of	305	390	621	725	854
Eilean Siar	73	63	50	35	78
Falkirk	402	725	601	651	847
Fife	694	957	976	1,016	1,622
Glasgow City	8,256	10,288	10,473	12,825	12,068
Highland	478	714	895	779	978
Inverclyde	534	396	400	368	394
Midlothian	61	89	90	125	246
Moray	186	208	376	333	448
North Ayrshire	446	349	491	767	1,106
North Lanarkshire	1,557	1,682	5,197	7,183	7,456
Orkney Islands	27	23	50	72	32
Perth and Kinross	161	145	317	409	534
Renfrewshire	572	540	660	546	629
Scottish Borders	171	257	224	294	309
Shetland Islands	35	31	23	47	70
South Ayrshire	253	257	499	852	835
South Lanarkshire	2,409	4,891	3,477	2,498	4,160
Stirling	392	659	383	413	587
West Dunbartonshire	351	304	277	449	438
West Lothian	133	359	282	295	432
Scotland	21,273	27,136	31,561	36,815	41,844

Persons ProceededAgainst² in Scottish Courts for SelectedCrimes and Offences³, by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Central	728	789	861	857
Dumfries and Galloway	352	338	374	475
Fife	600	795	735	702
Grampian	1,086	1,243	1,319	1,515
Lothian and Borders	1,923	1,859	2,156	2,168
Northern	650	695	794	945
Strathclyde	6,489	6,806	5,427	6,212
Tayside	1,293	1,424	1,486	1,515
Scotland⁴	13,121	13,949	13,152	14,389
	Breach of the Peace
Central	727	837	902	900
Dumfries and Galloway	409	409	355	429
Fife	634	642	694	644
Grampian	1,038	1,088	1,081	1,174
Lothian and Borders	1,758	1,829	2,048	1,804
Northern	859	881	902	1,009
Strathclyde	8,365	8,696	7,769	8,441
Tayside	1,642	1,761	1,736	1,869
Scotland⁴	15,432	16,143	15,487	16,270
	Drunkenness
Central	8	2	6	5
Dumfries and Galloway	1	-	-	1
Fife	2	5	3	10
Grampian	22	13	8	17
Lothian and Borders	18	28	29	25
Northern	143	104	147	140
Strathclyde	249	222	187	207
Tayside	20	32	17	23
Scotland⁴	463	406	397	428
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Central	326	366	321	483
Dumfries and Galloway	92	85	92	81
Fife	214	196	160	242
Grampian	460	399	369	456
Lothian and Borders	432	385	548	735
Northern	253	289	320	325
Strathclyde	2,931	3,304	3,179	4,642
Tayside	624	504	634	628
Scotland⁴	5,333	5,528	5,623	7,592

Persons ProceededAgainst² in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Aberdeen City	576	666	725	884
Aberdeenshire	317	336	348	339
Angus	361	431	435	420
Argyll and Bute	227	223	169	219
Clackmannanshire	120	126	113	149
Dumfries and Galloway	351	338	374	475
Dundee City	696	669	732	779
East Ayrshire	665	617	454	518
East Dunbartonshire	21	23	17	14
East Lothian	121	114	145	153
East Renfrewshire	7	13	13	12
Edinburgh, City of	1,249	1,198	1,346	1,305
Eilean Siar	52	65	47	77
Falkirk	444	442	486	441
Fife	597	792	733	701
Glasgow City	2,379	2,535	2,027	2,419
Highland	528	569	667	755
Inverclyde	296	286	276	235
Midlothian	24	47	28	46
Moray	192	239	239	287
North Ayrshire	54	45	23	49
North Lanarkshire	494	588	466	505
Orkney Islands	27	32	37	39
Perth and Kinross	230	321	313	311
Renfrewshire	541	608	393	477
Scottish Borders	147	172	230	266
Shetland Islands	41	28	42	64
South Ayrshire	626	523	483	482
South Lanarkshire	868	978	918	1,002
Stirling	161	221	259	259
West Dunbartonshire	277	336	170	255
West Lothian	371	326	401	387
Other⁷	61	37	40	52
Scotland⁴	13,121	13,949	13,152	14,389
	Breach of the Peace
Aberdeen City	539	580	595	700
Aberdeenshire	287	279	269	228
Angus	383	425	408	475
Argyll and Bute	266	444	324	381
Clackmannanshire	119	135	154	181
Dumfries and Galloway	409	409	355	429
Dundee City	924	900	955	1,038
East Ayrshire	553	627	462	552
East Dunbartonshire	69	85	38	67
East Lothian	111	101	138	105
East Renfrewshire	32	52	28	56
Edinburgh, City of	1,126	1,100	1,179	1,095
Eilean Siar	80	43	53	90
Falkirk	422	501	503	455
Fife	633	641	694	642
Glasgow City	3,112	2,844	2,856	3,013
Highland	738	802	805	860
Inverclyde	425	330	326	311
Midlothian	75	65	63	57
Moray	211	227	217	245
North Ayrshire	207	194	104	109
North Lanarkshire	1,108	1,282	1,111	1,162
Orkney Islands	14	15	15	17
Perth and Kinross	335	435	373	355
Renfrewshire	549	580	438	519
Scottish Borders	164	250	316	272
Shetland Islands	25	19	27	39
South Ayrshire	649	609	677	702
South Lanarkshire	976	1,221	1,058	1,212
Stirling	185	200	243	264
West Dunbartonshire	416	421	339	353
West Lothian	281	309	351	274
Other⁷	6	12	9	9
Scotland⁴	15,432	16,143	15,487	16,270
	Drunkenness
Aberdeen City	2	-	1	2
Aberdeenshire	5	2	1	1
Angus	2	-	1	2
Argyll and Bute	42	23	20	30
Clackmannanshire	3	1	-	1
Dumfries and Galloway	1	-	-	1
Dundee City	15	30	11	16
East Ayrshire	29	26	15	17
East Dunbartonshire	1	2	2	-
East Lothian	3	-	3	-
Edinburgh, City of	6	8	9	14
Eilean Siar	9	7	6	5
Falkirk	2	-	1	3
Fife	2	5	3	10
Glasgow City	35	24	19	40
Highland	121	95	135	123
Inverclyde	61	49	40	30
Midlothian	-	1	-	2
Moray	15	11	6	14
North Ayrshire	22	19	6	4
North Lanarkshire	5	5	3	3
Orkney Islands	6	2	-	2
Perth and Kinross	3	2	5	5
Renfrewshire	4	3	2	-
Scottish Borders	5	1	12	3
Shetland Islands	7	-	6	9
South Ayrshire	22	27	47	39
South Lanarkshire	4	20	5	2
Stirling	3	1	5	1
West Dunbartonshire	24	24	28	42
West Lothian	4	18	5	6
Other⁷	-	-	-	1
Scotland⁴	463	406	397	428
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Aberdeen City	244	228	228	286
Aberdeenshire	171	115	110	104
Angus	156	141	171	162
Argyll and Bute	88	97	74	66
Clackmannanshire	77	49	40	73
Dumfries and Galloway	92	85	91	81
Dundee City	390	281	373	351
East Ayrshire	223	179	155	240
East Dunbartonshire	21	36	29	17
East Lothian	39	31	21	66
East Renfrewshire	6	15	20	48
Edinburgh, City of	256	209	247	298
Eilean Siar	24	16	27	15
Falkirk	178	177	181	245
Fife	214	196	160	242
Glasgow City	675	878	924	850
Highland	200	242	267	277
Inverclyde	209	197	139	245
Midlothian	17	6	8	22
Moray	44	55	31	66
North Ayrshire	150	101	59	206
North Lanarkshire	575	583	706	1,558
Orkney Islands	9	11	6	9
Perth and Kinross	78	81	90	114
Renfrewshire	181	135	123	212
Scottish Borders	30	49	74	101
Shetland Islands	20	20	20	22
South Ayrshire	221	220	204	306
South Lanarkshire	513	799	654	757
Stirling	71	140	100	165
West Dunbartonshire	60	61	85	131
West Lothian	87	89	197	248
Other⁷	14	6	8	8
Scotland⁴	5,333	5,528	5,623	7,592

Persons witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Police Force Area, 2000-03

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Central	604	628	721	728
Dumfries and Galloway	270	289	309	400
Fife	488	684	633	625
Grampian	966	1,085	1,165	1,320
Lothian and Borders	1,683	1,592	1,868	1,786
Northern	572	653	685	821
Strathclyde	4,671	4,828	4,726	5,153
Tayside	988	1,086	1,190	1,199
Scotland⁴	10,242	10,845	11,297	12,032
	Breach of the Peace
Central	664	750	798	809
Dumfries and Galloway	340	347	301	372
Fife	564	582	626	585
Grampian	950	974	952	1,075
Lothian and Borders	1,656	1,712	1,886	1,653
Northern	793	835	831	920
Strathclyde	6,911	7,097	7,252	7,704
Tayside	1,348	1,478	1,478	1,615
Scotland⁴	13,226	13,775	14,124	14,733
	Drunkenness
Central	7	2	4	4
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	1
Fife	2	5	3	10
Grampian	22	13	8	17
Lothian and Borders	18	26	28	22
Northern	138	104	140	135
Strathclyde	227	191	184	203
Tayside	20	30	17	19
Scotland⁴	434	371	384	411
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Central	290	316	288	454
Dumfries and Galloway	62	66	71	64
Fife	198	180	145	234
Grampian	444	378	335	428
Lothian and Borders	397	340	446	672
Northern	235	280	302	302
Strathclyde	2,684	2,977	3,062	4,516
Tayside	538	430	573	560
Scotland⁴	4,849	4,967	5,222	7,230

Persons witha Charge Proved in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes and Offences³,by Approximate Local Authority Area⁶, 2000-03

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Petty Assault
Aberdeen City	514	576	631	759
Aberdeenshire	276	299	313	301
Angus	305	357	358	358
Argyll and Bute	177	173	151	192
Clackmannanshire	95	104	98	124
Dumfries and Galloway	270	289	309	400
Dundee City	514	490	569	580
East Ayrshire	513	475	406	467
East Dunbartonshire	14	14	16	14
East Lothian	116	99	127	130
East Renfrewshire	6	10	13	12
Edinburgh, City of	1,072	1,005	1,170	1,058
Eilean Siar	51	60	44	65
Falkirk	373	346	406	377
Fife	488	683	632	624
Glasgow City	1,682	1,815	1,786	1,973
Highland	458	536	563	655
Inverclyde	201	208	242	191
Midlothian	21	37	22	33
Moray	175	209	215	256
North Ayrshire	41	40	22	49
North Lanarkshire	342	408	393	446
Orkney Islands	23	29	36	37
Perth and Kinross	163	237	259	258
Renfrewshire	387	417	340	375
Scottish Borders	134	163	207	240
Shetland Islands	38	27	41	61
South Ayrshire	486	380	425	414
South Lanarkshire	615	658	768	823
Stirling	133	178	214	223
West Dunbartonshire	175	206	147	177
West Lothian	330	286	336	316
Other⁷	54	31	38	42
Scotland⁴	10,242	10,845	11,297	12,032
	Breach of the Peace
Aberdeen City	497	513	519	637
Aberdeenshire	259	256	250	212
Angus	325	361	358	423
Argyll and Bute	233	365	305	360
Clackmannanshire	110	121	147	159
Dumfries and Galloway	340	347	301	372
Dundee City	758	754	799	879
East Ayrshire	448	506	437	514
East Dunbartonshire	61	76	37	67
East Lothian	109	95	130	101
East Renfrewshire	30	45	26	56
Edinburgh, City of	1,042	1,032	1,068	989
Eilean Siar	75	40	50	83
Falkirk	380	452	434	410
Fife	564	581	626	583
Glasgow City	2,523	2,278	2,664	2,683
Highland	682	761	739	781
Inverclyde	359	271	310	297
Midlothian	72	59	60	52
Moray	194	203	183	226
North Ayrshire	191	179	103	109
North Lanarkshire	976	1,096	1,052	1,101
Orkney Islands	12	14	15	17
Perth and Kinross	265	362	321	313
Renfrewshire	432	458	395	478
Scottish Borders	160	234	302	259
Shetland Islands	24	18	27	38
South Ayrshire	569	517	621	643
South Lanarkshire	799	978	983	1,090
Stirling	174	177	215	240
West Dunbartonshire	289	324	314	303
West Lothian	272	288	325	251
Other⁷	2	11	8	7
Scotland⁴	13,226	13,775	14,124	14,733
	Drunkenness
Aberdeen City	2	-	1	2
Aberdeenshire	5	2	1	1
Angus	2	-	1	1
Argyll and Bute	41	20	20	29
Clackmannanshire	2	1	-	1
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	1
Dundee City	15	28	11	15
East Ayrshire	27	23	14	17
East Dunbartonshire	1	2	2	-
East Lothian	3	-	3	-
Edinburgh, City of	6	8	8	12
Eilean Siar	9	7	6	5
Falkirk	2	-	1	2
Fife	2	5	3	10
Glasgow City	30	17	19	39
Highland	116	95	128	119
Inverclyde	60	48	40	30
Midlothian	-	1	-	2
Moray	15	11	6	14
North Ayrshire	20	17	6	4
North Lanarkshire	4	5	2	2
Orkney Islands	6	2	-	2
Perth and Kinross	3	2	5	3
Renfrewshire	4	2	2	-
Scottish Borders	5	1	12	3
Shetland Islands	7	-	6	9
South Ayrshire	18	23	47	38
South Lanarkshire	3	17	4	2
Stirling	3	1	3	1
West Dunbartonshire	19	17	28	42
West Lothian	4	16	5	5
Scotland⁴	434	371	384	411
	Other Miscellaneous Offences⁸
Aberdeen City	235	217	208	269
Aberdeenshire	166	112	101	96
Angus	140	132	164	151
Argyll and Bute	78	84	74	66
Clackmannanshire	74	48	37	72
Dumfries and Galloway	62	66	71	64
Dundee City	341	231	327	319
East Ayrshire	205	165	151	232
East Dunbartonshire	15	34	29	17
East Lothian	38	27	19	65
East Renfrewshire	6	15	20	48
Edinburgh, City of	233	182	204	261
Eilean Siar	21	15	24	12
Falkirk	160	150	164	225
Fife	198	180	145	234
Glasgow City	585	757	867	785
Highland	188	235	255	258
Inverclyde	207	191	139	238
Midlothian	15	6	8	22
Moray	42	49	26	63
North Ayrshire	144	100	59	206
North Lanarkshire	547	562	692	1,548
Orkney Islands	7	11	5	9
Perth and Kinross	57	66	82	89
Renfrewshire	166	116	112	204
Scottish Borders	26	43	67	92
Shetland Islands	19	19	18	22
South Ayrshire	200	194	195	302
South Lanarkshire	473	714	639	741
Stirling	56	118	87	157
West Dunbartonshire	50	43	79	123
West Lothian	82	81	147	232
Other⁷	13	4	7	7
Scotland⁴	4,849	4,967	5,222	7,230

Notes:

1. Trends in the recorded crimefigures between 2003 and 2004 have been affected by the introduction in April 2004of the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. As anticipated, this increased the numbersof minor crimes recorded by the police, such as vandalism, petty assault, breachof the peace and minor thefts.

2. Figures for persons proceededagainst may be underestimates due to recording delays.

3. Where main offence.

4. Scotland totalsfor court proceedings statistics may contain a small number of cases where the policeforce area and/or local authority area are unknown.

5. Includes estimated data.

6. Incorporates an approximatemapping of sheriff courts into local authority areas. Some sheriff courts will dealwith cases from more than one local authority area. Some local authority areas,including East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Midlothian and North Ayrshire, do not contain a sheriff court.

7. Includes High Court casesand those where court location is not known.

8. Excludes breach of socialwork orders.

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