His response is as follows: The number of fine defaulters receiving custodial sentences has dropped markedly falling from a figure of 8,358 in 1999-2000 to 1,506 in 2008-09. 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 8,358 7,566 6,991 7,097 6,888 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 6,098 6,213 5,963 3,610 1,506 The information requested is given in table 16 in Prison statistics Scotland: 2008-09. This is available online...