- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-36570 by Stewart Stevenson on 4 October 2010, whether it considers that not producing a central register for non-domestic energy performance certificates means that this information cannot be analysed for statistical purposes and, if so, whether it considers this disadvantageous.
Answer
The absence of a central register does not mean analysis of energy performance certificate information cannot be carried out. However, the provision of a robust central register could make such a task easier and cost effective to perform.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 23 November 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Stewart Stevenson on 6 December 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S3W-36569 by Stewart Stevenson on 4 October 2010, how it proposes to comply with the requirement of Article 7 of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in ensuring that energy performance certificates are made available.
Answer
Compliance with the EU Directive on The Energy Performance of Buildings has been achieved and notification submitted to the EU. Mandatory provision of energy performance certificates for buildings was introduced through both The Energy Performance of Buildings (Scotland) Regulations 2008 and the Building (Scotland) Act 2003.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 1 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures were issued for (a) assault and (b) assault to injury in August 2010, broken down by sheriff court.
Answer
The following table shows the number of charges of (a) assault and (b) assault to injury where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure in August 2010.
The 252 charges relate to a total of 229 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,949 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.
The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.
| Office | Direct Measures Issued | Charges Reported |
| Assault | Assault to Injury | Assault | Assault to Injury |
| Aberdeen | 14 | 4 | 164 | 94 |
| Airdrie | 2 | 3 | 44 | 28 |
| Alloa | - | - | 29 | 13 |
| Arbroath | 1 | 1 | 24 | 26 |
| Ayr | 3 | - | 69 | 64 |
| Banff | - | - | 5 | 7 |
| Campbeltown | - | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Cupar | 1 | - | 18 | 4 |
| Dingwall | 1 | 1 | 15 | - |
| Dornoch | - | - | 8 | - |
| Dumbarton | 7 | - | 71 | 36 |
| Dumfries | 5 | 4 | 31 | 35 |
| Dundee | 7 | 2 | 63 | 21 |
| Dunfermline | 5 | 1 | 67 | 26 |
| Dunoon | 1 | - | 16 | 2 |
| Duns | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Edinburgh | 14 | 7 | 164 | 145 |
| Elgin | 7 | 3 | 22 | 17 |
| Falkirk | 24 | 5 | 126 | 39 |
| Forfar | 6 | - | 33 | 10 |
| Fort William | 1 | - | 5 | 2 |
| Glasgow | 26 | 11 | 526 | 110 |
| Greenock | 1 | - | 22 | 6 |
| Haddington | 1 | 2 | 23 | 19 |
| Hamilton | 2 | 2 | 97 | 102 |
| Inverness | 5 | - | 83 | 9 |
| Jedburgh | - | - | 5 | 2 |
| Kilmarnock | 3 | 3 | 131 | 65 |
| Kirkcaldy | 8 | 1 | 99 | 51 |
| Kirkcudbright | - | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Kirkwall | - | - | 13 | - |
| Lanark | 1 | - | 12 | 10 |
| Lerwick | 1 | - | 11 | - |
| Livingston | 3 | - | 47 | 55 |
| Lochmaddy | - | - | 2 | - |
| Oban | 1 | - | 8 | 4 |
| Paisley | 10 | - | 73 | 40 |
| Peebles | - | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Perth | 1 | - | 53 | 14 |
| Peterhead | 7 | 1 | 26 | 7 |
| Portree | - | - | 1 | - |
| Rothesay | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Selkirk | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| Stirling | - | - | 48 | 7 |
| Stonehaven | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 |
| Stornoway | 3 | - | 4 | - |
| Stranraer | - | - | 12 | 5 |
| Tain | 11 | - | 23 | - |
| Wick | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 |
| Grand Total | 190 | 62 | 2,342 | 1,122 |
Note:
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. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 1 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures were issued for (a) assault and (b) assault to injury in June 2010, broken down by sheriff court.
Answer
The following table shows the number of charges of (a) assault and (b) assault to injury where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure in June 2010.
The 193 charges relate to a total of 181 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,522 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.
The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.
| Office | Direct Measures Issued | Charges Reported |
| Assault | Assault to Injury | Assault | Assault to Injury |
| Aberdeen | 9 | 3 | 152 | 87 |
| Airdrie | 4 | 4 | 51 | 66 |
| Alloa | - | - | 46 | 31 |
| Arbroath | - | - | 23 | 8 |
| Ayr | 4 | 1 | 66 | 64 |
| Banff | - | - | 5 | 9 |
| Campbeltown | 2 | - | 7 | 5 |
| Cupar | - | - | 21 | 16 |
| Dingwall | 2 | - | 12 | 5 |
| Dornoch | - | - | 1 | - |
| Dumbarton | 4 | - | 54 | 26 |
| Dumfries | 7 | 1 | 32 | 24 |
| Dundee | 3 | 3 | 71 | 65 |
| Dunfermline | 1 | 1 | 42 | 31 |
| Dunoon | 3 | - | 15 | 3 |
| Duns | - | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Edinburgh | 15 | 5 | 153 | 146 |
| Elgin | 2 | 8 | 33 | 12 |
| Falkirk | 13 | 2 | 85 | 37 |
| Forfar | 1 | - | 11 | 2 |
| Fort William | 1 | - | 3 | 5 |
| Glasgow | 23 | 3 | 573 | 206 |
| Greenock | - | - | 17 | 30 |
| Haddington | 1 | 2 | 18 | 20 |
| Hamilton | 3 | 1 | 82 | 85 |
| Inverness | 8 | 5 | 74 | 13 |
| Jedburgh | - | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| Kilmarnock | 9 | - | 106 | 72 |
| Kirkcaldy | 4 | - | 64 | 53 |
| Kirkcudbright | - | - | 1 | 5 |
| Kirkwall | 3 | - | 16 | - |
| Lanark | - | - | 20 | 8 |
| Lerwick | - | - | 10 | - |
| Livingston | 4 | 1 | 38 | 33 |
| Lochmaddy | - | - | 3 | - |
| Oban | - | - | 12 | 2 |
| Paisley | 3 | 1 | 90 | 49 |
| Peebles | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Perth | 3 | - | 70 | 25 |
| Peterhead | 4 | - | 27 | 14 |
| Portree | - | - | 3 | - |
| Rothesay | - | - | 5 | 1 |
| Selkirk | - | - | 8 | 6 |
| Stirling | 1 | - | 38 | 16 |
| Stonehaven | - | - | 9 | 4 |
| Stornoway | 6 | - | 14 | - |
| Stranraer | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Tain | 3 | - | 28 | 3 |
| Wick | 1 | - | 16 | 9 |
| Grand Total | 148 | 45 | 2,236 | 1,326 |
Note:
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. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 1 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures were issued for (a) assault and (b) assault to injury in July 2010, broken down by sheriff court.
Answer
The following table shows the number of charges of (a) assault and (b) assault to injury where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure in July 2010.
The 253 charges relate to a total of 231 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,644 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.
The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.
| Office | Direct Measures Issued | Charges Reported |
| Assault | Assault to Injury | Assault | Assault to Injury |
| Aberdeen | 20 | 2 | 165 | 82 |
| Airdrie | 8 | 4 | 60 | 38 |
| Alloa | - | - | 26 | 5 |
| Arbroath | 5 | 4 | 22 | 21 |
| Ayr | 6 | - | 47 | 37 |
| Banff | - | - | 7 | 7 |
| Campbeltown | 1 | - | 5 | 4 |
| Cupar | 1 | - | 21 | 14 |
| Dingwall | 3 | - | 24 | 5 |
| Dornoch | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Dumbarton | 2 | 1 | 51 | 28 |
| Dumfries | 5 | 5 | 26 | 20 |
| Dundee | 6 | 3 | 66 | 32 |
| Dunfermline | 1 | - | 44 | 40 |
| Dunoon | 4 | - | 17 | 8 |
| Duns | - | - | 2 | 4 |
| Edinburgh | 13 | 10 | 197 | 136 |
| Elgin | - | 1 | 51 | 8 |
| Falkirk | 7 | - | 103 | 28 |
| Forfar | 12 | - | 28 | 1 |
| Fort William | 2 | - | 13 | 3 |
| Glasgow | 42 | 11 | 476 | 151 |
| Greenock | 1 | - | 22 | 28 |
| Haddington | 1 | 2 | 14 | 25 |
| Hamilton | 1 | 3 | 107 | 94 |
| Inverness | 9 | 2 | 68 | 16 |
| Jedburgh | - | 5 | 4 | 20 |
| Kilmarnock | - | 1 | 66 | 43 |
| Kirkcaldy | 7 | - | 82 | 84 |
| Kirkcudbright | - | - | 6 | 9 |
| Kirkwall | 1 | - | 11 | 3 |
| Lanark | - | - | 14 | 6 |
| Lerwick | - | - | 9 | - |
| Livingston | 3 | 3 | 33 | 32 |
| Lochmaddy | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Oban | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| Paisley | 9 | 1 | 109 | 42 |
| Peebles | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| Perth | 4 | 4 | 50 | 17 |
| Peterhead | 4 | 3 | 27 | 12 |
| Rothesay | - | - | 1 | 2 |
| Selkirk | 1 | - | 5 | 4 |
| Stirling | 1 | - | 37 | 26 |
| Stonehaven | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Stornoway | - | - | 9 | - |
| Stranraer | - | 1 | 10 | 6 |
| Tain | - | - | 12 | - |
| Wick | - | - | 18 | 7 |
| Grand Total | 185 | 68 | 2,182 | 1,157 |
Note:
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. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 1 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures were issued for (a) assault and (b) assault to injury in May 2010, broken down by sheriff court.
Answer
The following table shows the number of charges of (a) assault and (b) assault to injury where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure in May 2010.
The 198 charges relate to a total of 177 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,336 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.
The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.
| Office | Direct Measures Issued | Charges Reported |
| Assault | Assault to Injury | Assault | Assault to Injury |
| Aberdeen | 9 | 3 | 181 | 63 |
| Airdrie | 7 | 6 | 63 | 42 |
| Alloa | - | - | 29 | 18 |
| Arbroath | - | - | 31 | 38 |
| Ayr | 2 | 2 | 60 | 45 |
| Banff | - | - | 5 | 13 |
| Campbeltown | - | - | 9 | 2 |
| Cupar | 1 | - | 6 | 9 |
| Dingwall | 1 | - | 28 | 1 |
| Dornoch | - | - | 2 | - |
| Dumbarton | 5 | 2 | 51 | 27 |
| Dumfries | 1 | 4 | 24 | 26 |
| Dundee | 12 | 3 | 83 | 49 |
| Dunfermline | 1 | 2 | 58 | 39 |
| Dunoon | - | - | 20 | 1 |
| Duns | 1 | - | 5 | 5 |
| Edinburgh | 3 | 6 | 180 | 167 |
| Elgin | - | 3 | 49 | 25 |
| Falkirk | 18 | - | 97 | 22 |
| Forfar | 3 | - | 21 | 6 |
| Fort William | - | - | 9 | - |
| Glasgow | 25 | 5 | 471 | 175 |
| Greenock | - | 2 | 22 | 12 |
| Haddington | - | - | 20 | 42 |
| Hamilton | 2 | 4 | 96 | 111 |
| Inverness | 1 | 3 | 111 | 7 |
| Jedburgh | 3 | - | 7 | 7 |
| Kilmarnock | 2 | 2 | 129 | 61 |
| Kirkcaldy | 3 | 1 | 63 | 56 |
| Kirkcudbright | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Kirkwall | - | - | 21 | - |
| Lanark | - | - | 13 | 11 |
| Lerwick | - | - | 3 | - |
| Livingston | 3 | 1 | 47 | 36 |
| Oban | - | - | 15 | 2 |
| Paisley | 4 | 1 | 92 | 63 |
| Peebles | - | 1 | - | 3 |
| Perth | 3 | 1 | 78 | 25 |
| Peterhead | 11 | 7 | 27 | 22 |
| Portree | - | - | 2 | - |
| Rothesay | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Selkirk | - | - | 5 | 10 |
| Stirling | 1 | - | 26 | 25 |
| Stonehaven | - | - | 9 | 8 |
| Stornoway | 8 | - | 27 | - |
| Stranraer | 3 | - | 12 | 9 |
| Tain | - | - | 25 | 1 |
| Wick | 4 | - | 14 | 5 |
| Grand Total | 139 | 59 | 2,349 | 1,290 |
Note:
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. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many people in the Lothians region under the age of 16 have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) age and (b) type of infection.
Answer
The number of laboratory reports of sexually transmitted infections among persons aged under 16 in NHS Lothian in each of the last three years is set out below. It has not been possible to present the data as requested because of the potential for disclosure of individual identities from the very small numbers.
For those who may have put themselves at risk of a sexually transmitted infection, it is important that they come forward for testing and, if necessary, treatment. In line with Scotland''s sexual health strategy Respect and Responsibility and National Outcomes 2008-11, NHS boards have improved access to sexual health information, advice and services for young people, including chlamydia testing and treatment. This will account for some of the increase in positive tests for chlamydia.
Education has a key role to play in improving sexual health. With the full introduction of Curriculum for Excellence from August 2010, children and young people will learn, as part of a broad health and wellbeing curriculum strand, about relationships, sexual health and parenthood.
| Condition | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 |
| Genital Chlamydia | 62 | 69 | 86 |
| Genital Herpes | * | * | * |
| Gonorrhoea | * | * | * |
Note: Cells containing * contain small numbers (less than 10 cases) which are suppressed to protect patient confidentiality.
Source: Health Protection Scotland.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Wednesday, 06 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Shona Robison on 1 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many test-purchase visits in the Lothians region under the enhanced Tobacco Sales Enforcement Programme in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 resulted in tobacco products being sold to an underage person by a licensee for the (i) first and (ii) second time and what action was taken against the licensee in each case.
Answer
The information requested is as follows:
| 2008-09 | No. 1st Failures | No. 2nd Failures | Actions |
| East Lothian | 7 | 0 | Seven reports to Procurator Fiscal (PF) resulting in seven fiscal Warnings (FW) |
| Edinburgh | 4 | 0 | Eight local authority written warnings (LAWW) |
| Midlothian | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| West Lothian | 17 | 3 | 21 LAWW and two reports to PF resulting in no proceedings against retailers. One seller was found guilty but was admonished following a plea |
| 2009-10 | No. 1st Failures | No. 2nd Failures | Actions |
| East Lothian | 4 | 0 | Four reports to PF resulting in three FWs and one seller receiving a fine of £250, owner found not guilty. |
| Edinburgh | 59 | 3 | 119 LAWW and three reports to PF resulting in: a. Case One: found guilty, owner fined £1,000, seller fined £200 b. Case Two: found guilty, owner fined £800, seller not guilty c. Case Three: found guilty, owner fined £180, seller not guilty |
| Midlothian | 3 | 0 | Three reports to PF resulting in: a. Case One: found guilty, owner fined £150 b. Case Two: fiscal fine £100 owner c. Case Three: no proceedings |
| West Lothian | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The reason why there are more written warnings than failures is because in many cases the owner of the premises as well as the seller receives a written warning as it is believed they also commit an offence through vicarious liability.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Monday, 04 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 1 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive what the monetary value was of the assets recovered from drug dealers in the Lothians and Borders police force area in 2009-10.
Answer
In the financial year ending 31 March 2010 the National Casework Division (NCD) of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service was successful in obtaining 10 confiscation orders in drugs cases where the criminality was centred in the Lothian and Borders Police Force Area. The total value of the 10 orders amounted to was £126,784.19.
In the same period, the Civil Recovery Unit (CRU) dealt with a total of 44 cases in which £128,424.03 was forfeited in the Lothian and Borders Police Force area. The CRU cases involved a range of alleged criminality including drug dealing.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service and the CRU are committed to working closely with law enforcement to ensure that the powers in the Proceeds of Crime legislation are properly applied and used in all appropriate cases.
- Asked by: Gavin Brown, MSP for Lothians, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
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Date lodged: Tuesday, 05 October 2010
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Current Status:
Answered by Frank Mulholland on 1 November 2010
To ask the Scottish Executive how many direct measures were issued for (a) assault and (b) assault to injury in September 2010, broken down by sheriff court.
Answer
The following table shows the number of charges of (a) assault and (b) assault to injury where the initial decision taken by the Procurator Fiscal was to deal with the offending behaviour by means of a direct measure in September 2010.
The 222 charges relate to a total of 210 persons issued with an offer of a direct measure, out of a total of 3,812 persons offered a direct measure during the same period.
The figures include only those direct measures that were affected by the provisions in the Criminal Proceedings etc (Reform) (Scotland) Act 2007.
| Office | Direct Measures Issued | Charges Reported |
| Assault | Assault to Injury | Assault | Assault to Injury |
| Aberdeen | 8 | 4 | 182 | 64 |
| Airdrie | 5 | 1 | 62 | 46 |
| Alloa | - | - | 33 | 16 |
| Arbroath | 2 | - | 38 | 13 |
| Ayr | 3 | 3 | 61 | 37 |
| Banff | - | - | 7 | 5 |
| Campbeltown | - | - | 9 | 5 |
| Cupar | 4 | - | 24 | 14 |
| Dingwall | 1 | - | 9 | 1 |
| Dornoch | 1 | - | 4 | - |
| Dumbarton | 6 | 2 | 58 | 25 |
| Dumfries | 4 | 3 | 39 | 21 |
| Dundee | 4 | - | 85 | 40 |
| Dunfermline | 3 | 2 | 37 | 14 |
| Dunoon | 2 | - | 5 | - |
| Duns | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Edinburgh | 22 | 11 | 179 | 146 |
| Elgin | 2 | 1 | 46 | 19 |
| Falkirk | 12 | - | 82 | 28 |
| Forfar | 2 | - | 22 | 1 |
| Fort William | 1 | - | 3 | 5 |
| Glasgow | 20 | 8 | 431 | 113 |
| Greenock | 1 | 1 | 24 | 16 |
| Haddington | - | 2 | 4 | 30 |
| Hamilton | 3 | 3 | 105 | 79 |
| Inverness | 5 | 2 | 91 | 4 |
| Jedburgh | 2 | - | 7 | 7 |
| Kilmarnock | 10 | 3 | 79 | 51 |
| Kirkcaldy | 7 | 4 | 126 | 21 |
| Kirkcudbright | - | - | 2 | 5 |
| Kirkwall | 6 | - | 4 | - |
| Lanark | - | - | 13 | 13 |
| Lerwick | 4 | - | 12 | - |
| Livingston | 4 | - | 48 | 46 |
| Lochmaddy | - | - | 4 | - |
| Oban | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| Paisley | 2 | 1 | 72 | 40 |
| Peebles | - | - | 3 | 1 |
| Perth | 5 | - | 50 | 15 |
| Peterhead | 4 | - | 35 | 11 |
| Rothesay | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Selkirk | - | - | 3 | 10 |
| Stirling | 1 | - | 47 | 14 |
| Stonehaven | 1 | - | 15 | 2 |
| Stornoway | - | - | 12 | - |
| Stranraer | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 |
| Tain | 3 | - | 18 | - |
| Wick | 1 | - | 9 | 7 |
| Grand Total | 168 | 54 | 2,228 | 1,005 |
Note:
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. If a Procurator Fiscal amends a charge submitted by a reporting agency, the database will record details only of the amended charge.
