To ask the Scottish Executive how many social enquiry reports were submitted to the courts in each year since 1999, broken down by local authority area, and how many such reports were submitted on time, expressed also as a percentage. Information on the number ofsocial enquiry reports (SERs) by local authority is published in Table 4 ofstatistical bulletin, Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics, 2002-03, a copyof which is available in the Parliament’s Reference Centre (Bib. number 30274).Information on the numbers of SERs expressed as a percentage submitted on timeand broken down by local authority is available on the Audit Scotland website,pages 97-98, at the following address http://www.audit-scotland.gov.uk/performance/documents/2003Report/servicespdf/SW.pdf.