Questions and answers

Question reference: S2W-20225

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 drug crimes there have been in each of the last five years, broken down into (i) illegal importation of drugs, (ii) illegal cultivation of drugs, (iii) possession of drugs with intent to supply, (iv) possession of drugs, (v) money laundering-related drugs offences and (vi) other drugs offences, in each (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 Crimesand Offences Recorded by the Police, By Police Force area, 2000-04¹

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Illegal Importation of Drugs
Central	-	-	-	2	1
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	-	-
Fife	-	-	-	-	-
Grampian	-	-	-	-	-
Lothian and Borders	1	3	-	1	-
Northern	-	-	1	-	-
Strathclyde	-	1	2	-	1
Tayside	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	1	4	3	3	2
	Illegal production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs
Central	2	5	3	5	22
Dumfries and Galloway	4	1	6	5	5
Fife	13	23	42	32	34
Grampian	4	3	7	21	28
Lothian and Borders	34	35	41	52	47
Northern	7	7	16	17	11
Strathclyde	47	57	59	83	88
Tayside	4	6	11	19	16
Scotland	115	137	185	234	251
	Supply, possession of drugs with intent to supply
Central	409	696	483	466	593
Dumfries and Galloway	215	280	342	404	289
Fife	448	623	672	501	583
Grampian	625	689	834	608	707
Lothian and Borders	1,530	1,05	2,085	1,522	1,986
Northern	194	356	330	331	373
Strathclyde	4,701	5,011	4,607	4,261	3,841
Tayside	523	592	786	714	775
Scotland	8,645	10,152	10,139	8,807	9,147
	Possession of drugs
Central	867	1,260	1,427	1,461	1,501
Dumfries and Galloway	228	362	416	504	587
Fife	786	997	1,228	1,270	1,269
Grampian	1,676	1,897	2,308	2,149	2,383
Lothian and Borders	3,596	3,596	4,432	3,803	4,152
Northern	876	1,241	1,299	1,490	1,438
Strathclyde	13,065	14,793	16,841	18,300	18,808
Tayside	1,097	1,450	1,817	2,164	2,636
Scotland	22,191	25,596	29,768	31,141	32,774
	Other drug offences
Central	7	16	4	11	7
Dumfries and Galloway	1	6	11	6	6
Fife	1	2	2	1	-
Grampian	14	9	3	7	4
Lothian and Borders	37	27	32	26	31
Northern	7	3	10	4	22
Strathclyde	412	221	221	224	137
Tayside	-	2	1	1	3
Scotland	479	286	284	280	210

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

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Illegal Importation of Drugs
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	-	-
Aberdeenshire	-	-	-	-	-
Angus	-	-	-	-	-
Argyll and Bute	-	-	-	-	-
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	-	-
Dundee City	-	-	-	-	-
East Ayrshire	-	-	-	-	-
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	-	1
East Lothian	-	-	-	-	-
East Renfrewshire	-	1	-	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	1	3	-	1	-
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	2	1
Fife	-	-	-	-	-
Glasgow City	-	-	-	-	-
Highland	-	-	1	-	-
Inverclyde	-	-	-	-	-
Midlothian	-	-	-	-	-
Moray	-	-	-	-	-
North Ayrshire	-	-	-	-	-
North Lanarkshire	-	-	1	-	-
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	-	-
Perth and Kinross	-	-	-	-	-
Renfrewshire	-	-	1	-	-
Scottish Borders	-	-	-	-	-
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	-	-	-
South Lanarkshire	-	-	-	-	-
Stirling	-	-	-	-	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	-	-
West Lothian	-	-	-	-	-
Scotland	1	4	3	3	2
	Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs
Aberdeen City	-	1	4	8	17
Aberdeenshire	4	1	1	8	9
Angus	1	-	2	6	2
Argyll and Bute	12	3	1	4	5
Clackmannanshire	1	-	1	1	5
Dumfries and Galloway	4	1	6	5	5
Dundee City	2	3	5	7	10
East Ayrshire	-	3	6	8	9
East Dunbartonshire	1	1	-	2	2
East Lothian	1	-	5	3	4
East Renfrewshire	2	-	3	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	23	17	20	14	14
Eilean Siar	-	1	2	1	4
Falkirk	1	-	1	4	16
Fife	13	23	42	32	34
Glasgow City	14	22	21	24	23
Highland	7	4	11	12	7
Inverclyde	-	1	1	1	1
Midlothian	3	4	4	10	3
Moray	-	1	2	5	2
North Ayrshire	4	4	3	6	8
North Lanarkshire	3	3	9	15	11
Orkney Islands	-	2	3	3	-
Perth and Kinross	1	3	4	6	4
Renfrewshire	1	8	7	2	5
Scottish Borders	4	7	8	14	12
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	1	-
South Ayrshire	-	9	1	2	2
South Lanarkshire	8	2	4	8	8
Stirling	-	5	1	-	1
West Dunbartonshire	2	1	3	11	14
West Lothian	3	7	4	11	14
Scotland	115	137	185	234	251
	Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply
Aberdeen City	402	435	615	412	478
Aberdeenshire	152	201	161	128	169
Angus	80	102	116	114	137
Argyll and Bute	79	56	80	87	96
Clackmannanshire	68	101	79	131	104
Dumfries and Galloway	215	280	342	404	289
Dundee City	188	237	296	223	300
East Ayrshire	227	264	299	233	258
East Dunbartonshire	83	99	122	122	141
East Lothian	99	56	147	121	149
East Renfrewshire	110	63	43	26	25
Edinburgh, City of	824	1,111	1,329	850	1,079
Eilean Siar	10	33	14	20	24
Falkirk	217	290	230	183	302
Fife	448	623	672	501	583
Glasgow City	2,408	2,449	2,002	1,933	1,614
Highland	154	280	271	271	272
Inverclyde	266	331	274	222	233
Midlothian	77	110	120	110	160
Moray	71	53	58	68	60
North Ayrshire	197	202	278	191	244
North Lanarkshire	449	461	553	448	354
Orkney Islands	4	6	19	25	13
Perth and Kinross	255	253	374	377	338
Renfrewshire	351	344	259	291	211
Scottish Borders	239	221	178	196	257
Shetland Islands	26	37	26	15	64
South Ayrshire	81	251	240	144	134
South Lanarkshire	267	291	273	311	299
Stirling	124	305	174	152	187
West Dunbartonshire	183	200	184	253	232
West Lothian	291	407	311	245	341
Scotland	8,645	10,152	10,139	8,807	9,147
	Possession of Drugs
Aberdeen City	921	1,109	1,450	1,262	1,389
Aberdeenshire	566	582	595	605	616
Angus	225	298	371	400	422
Argyll and Bute	355	330	428	493	515
Clackmannanshire	165	190	271	200	218
Dumfries and Galloway	228	362	416	504	587
Dundee City	517	663	866	1,076	1,342
East Ayrshire	554	514	629	662	668
East Dunbartonshire	233	363	330	349	369
East Lothian	238	159	354	247	224
East Renfrewshire	310	275	248	288	230
Edinburgh, City of	1,992	1,974	2,501	2,132	2,417
Eilean Siar	37	78	77	72	84
Falkirk	401	548	599	689	749
Fife	786	997	1,228	1,270	1,269
Glasgow City	6,066	6,755	7,183	8,002	8,026
Highland	758	1,083	1,143	1,319	1,243
Inverclyde	626	646	855	794	966
Midlothian	318	286	318	257	298
Moray	189	206	263	282	378
North Ayrshire	638	663	753	835	965
North Lanarkshire	1,357	1,728	2,531	2,487	2,579
Orkney Islands	25	19	19	35	36
Perth and Kinross	355	489	580	688	872
Renfrewshire	716	865	941	908	822
Scottish Borders	484	427	453	395	479
Shetland Islands	56	61	60	64	75
South Ayrshire	455	629	746	575	602
South Lanarkshire	1,230	1,567	1,449	2,074	2,227
Stirling	301	522	557	572	534
West Dunbartonshire	525	458	748	833	839
West Lothian	564	750	806	772	734
Scotland	22,191	25,596	29,768	31,141	32,774
	Other Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	11	5	2	7	4
Aberdeenshire	2	3	-	-	-
Angus	-	1	-	-	-
Argyll and Bute	4	-	3	-	2
Clackmannanshire	-	4	-	4	2
Dumfries and Galloway	1	6	11	6	6
Dundee City	-	1	-	1	-
East Ayrshire	6	4	16	7	13
East Dunbartonshire	1	2	8	6	3
East Lothian	2	2	1	-	1
East Renfrewshire	6	3	2	2	2
Edinburgh, City of	18	13	13	11	8
Eilean Siar	-	-	1	-	3
Falkirk	5	6	1	4	4
Fife	1	2	2	1	-
Glasgow City	357	162	124	141	66
Highland	7	3	8	3	5
Inverclyde	9	17	15	23	24
Midlothian	4	4	2	1	1
Moray	1	1	1	-	-
North Ayrshire	6	3	20	9	11
North Lanarkshire	8	5	11	10	2
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	1	-
Perth and Kinross	-	-	1	-	3
Renfrewshire	5	7	4	4	1
Scottish Borders	6	6	8	13	14
Shetland Islands	-	-	1	-	14
South Ayrshire	1	7	5	1	1
South Lanarkshire	7	4	7	4	5
Stirling	2	6	3	3	1
West Dunbartonshire	2	7	6	17	7
West Lothian	7	2	8	1	7
Scotland	479	286	284	280	210

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

Police force area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Illegal importation of drugs
Fife	-	-	-	1
Grampian	3	-	1	1
Lothian and Borders	-	6	-	-
Northern	-	1	-	-
Strathclyde	1	-	2	3
Scotland⁴	4	7	3	5
	Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs
Central	1	1	2	6
Dumfries and Galloway	-	3	1	4
Fife	11	4	19	27
Grampian	3	2	2	4
Lothian and Borders	12	16	10	15
Northern	4	3	7	9
Strathclyde	19	25	13	19
Tayside	7	1	3	5
Scotland⁴	57	55	57	89
	Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply
Central	70	118	109	125
Dumfries and Galloway	58	41	58	59
Fife	44	96	90	94
Grampian	127	142	159	180
Lothian and Borders	222	207	204	234
Northern	44	72	73	84
Strathclyde	1,028	1,038	721	906
Tayside	130	122	165	143
Scotland⁴	1,723	1,836	1,579	1,825
	Possession of Drugs
Central	187	259	306	341
Dumfries and Galloway	93	64	95	106
Fife	128	98	131	100
Grampian	367	539	464	619
Lothian and Borders	583	600	429	415
Northern	245	279	338	339
Strathclyde	2,709	2,651	2,547	3,356
Tayside	397	407	426	490
Scotland⁴	4,709	4,897	4,736	5,766
	Other Drug Offences
Central	1	-	-	6
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	3
Fife	1	-	-	-
Grampian	1	1	-	-
Lothian and Borders	2	1	2	-
Northern	2	-	1	1
Strathclyde	2	3	6	12
Tayside	1	-	1	-
Scotland⁴	10	5	10	22

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

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Illegal Importation Of Drugs
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	1
Fife	-	-	-	1
Renfrewshire	1	-	2	-
Other⁷	3	7	1	3
Scotland⁴	4	7	3	5
	Illegal production, manufacture or cultivation of drugs
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	2
Aberdeenshire	-	2	-	2
Angus	1	-	-	-
Argyll and Bute	2	6	-	-
Clackmannanshire	1	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	-	3	1	4
Dundee City	4	-	2	2
East Ayrshire	1	4	1	4
East Lothian	-	1	-	4
Edinburgh, City of	8	12	6	7
Eilean Siar	-	1	-	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	6
Fife	11	4	18	26
Glasgow City	9	11	7	4
Highland	4	2	6	6
Inverclyde	-	-	-	2
Moray	3	-	2	-
Orkney Islands	-	-	1	2
Perth and Kinross	2	1	1	2
Renfrewshire	-	-	1	6
Scottish Borders	-	3	3	4
South Ayrshire	4	-	-	-
South Lanarkshire	2	2	2	1
Stirling	-	1	2	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	2	-	1
West Lothian	4	-	1	-
Other⁷	1	-	3	4
Scotland⁴	57	55	57	89
	Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply
Aberdeen City	63	56	75	64
Aberdeenshire	12	28	24	32
Angus	27	19	18	17
Argyll and Bute	22	29	11	6
Clackmannanshire	13	13	16	29
Dumfries and Galloway	38	29	49	39
Dundee City	31	19	48	42
East Ayrshire	55	68	67	117
East Lothian	3	4	2	7
Edinburgh, City of	113	127	114	129
Eilean Siar	2	2	7	3
Falkirk	31	48	53	42
Fife	43	63	61	73
Glasgow City	393	405	273	355
Highland	32	46	45	63
Inverclyde	45	43	39	51
Midlothian	1	-	-	-
Moray	11	12	7	12
North Lanarkshire	48	44	39	33
Orkney Islands	1	4	-	6
Perth and Kinross	49	60	67	55
Renfrewshire	50	39	25	26
Scottish Borders	18	9	16	21
Shetland Islands	-	5	8	1
South Ayrshire	41	49	36	62
South Lanarkshire	108	148	80	71
Stirling	13	33	28	31
West Dunbartonshire	30	32	21	33
West Lothian	34	16	32	31
Other⁷	395	386	318	374
Scotland⁴	1,723	1,836	1,579	1,825
	Possession of Drugs
Aberdeen City	220	300	303	405
Aberdeenshire	102	169	125	155
Angus	109	76	85	99
Argyll and Bute	87	115	84	101
Clackmannanshire	30	35	36	60
Dumfries and Galloway	93	64	95	105
Dundee City	198	205	222	254
East Ayrshire	171	173	158	212
East Dunbartonshire	16	14	20	34
East Lothian	23	39	34	33
East Renfrewshire	10	17	14	14
Edinburgh, City of	370	351	237	234
Eilean Siar	12	15	29	20
Falkirk	111	133	149	144
Fife	127	98	131	99
Glasgow City	996	902	902	1,081
Highland	209	246	291	296
Inverclyde	208	163	220	300
Midlothian	13	21	8	10
Moray	41	67	36	59
North Ayrshire	36	56	35	51
North Lanarkshire	314	307	248	426
Orkney Islands	7	3	5	6
Perth and Kinross	89	125	117	135
Renfrewshire	161	139	119	149
Scottish Borders	90	93	87	63
Shetland Islands	17	15	12	16
South Ayrshire	257	231	222	305
South Lanarkshire	357	425	425	459
Stirling	46	90	121	137
West Dunbartonshire	91	103	94	219
West Lothian	87	93	61	72
Other⁷	11	12	10	11
Scotland⁴	4,709	4,897	4,736	5,766
	Other Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	1	1	-	-
Argyll and Bute	-	-	-	1
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	2
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	3
Dundee City	1	-	-	-
East Ayrshire	-	1	-	3
East Lothian	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	2	-	1	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	1
Fife	1	-	-	-
Glasgow City	1	1	4	6
Highland	2	-	1	1
Inverclyde	-	-	1	-
Perth and Kinross	-	-	1	-
Scottish Borders	-	-	1	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	1	-
South Lanarkshire	1	1	-	2
Stirling	-	-	-	3
Other⁷	1	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	10	5	10	22

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
	Illegal Importation of Drugs
Fife	-	-	-	1
Grampian	3	-	1	1
Lothian and Borders	-	6	-	-
Northern	-	1	-	-
Strathclyde	1	-	2	3
Scotland⁴	4	7	3	5
	Illegal Production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs
Central	1	1	1	3
Dumfries and Galloway	-	3	1	4
Fife	10	4	14	21
Grampian	2	1	2	3
Lothian and Borders	11	13	9	12
Northern	4	3	7	8
Strathclyde	16	20	12	14
Tayside	6	1	3	4
Scotland⁴	50	46	49	69
	Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply
Central	63	99	88	116
Dumfries and Galloway	44	34	46	45
Fife	30	68	75	64
Grampian	112	115	129	151
Lothian and Borders	185	179	153	190
Northern	39	68	58	77
Strathclyde	681	675	626	801
Tayside	110	97	126	121
Scotland⁴	1,264	1,335	1,301	1,565
	Possession of Drugs
Central	170	242	284	327
Dumfries and Galloway	86	60	86	94
Fife	107	88	118	88
Grampian	337	496	432	588
Lothian and Borders	540	577	403	385
Northern	222	277	318	327
Strathclyde	2,285	2,234	2,407	3,182
Tayside	352	370	391	457
Scotland⁴	4,099	4,344	4,439	5,448
	Other Drug Offences
Central	1	-	-	6
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	3
Fife	1	-	-	-
Grampian	1	1	-	-
Lothian and Borders	2	1	2	-
Northern	2	-	1	-
Strathclyde	1	2	5	9
Tayside	1	-	1	-
Scotland⁴	9	4	9	18

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
	Illegal Importation of Drugs
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	1
Fife	-	-	-	1
Renfrewshire	1	-	2	-
Other⁷	3	7	1	3
Scotland⁴	4	7	3	5
	Illegal production, Manufacture or Cultivation of Drugs
Aberdeen City	-	-	-	2
Aberdeenshire	-	1	-	1
Angus	1	-	-	-
Argyll and Bute	2	4	-	-
Clackmannanshire	1	-	-	-
Dumfries and Galloway	-	3	1	4
Dundee City	4	-	2	2
East Ayrshire	1	4	1	4
East Lothian	-	1	-	2
Edinburgh, City of	7	9	5	6
Eilean Siar	-	1	-	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	3
Fife	10	4	13	20
Glasgow City	6	8	7	3
Highland	4	2	6	6
Inverclyde	-	-	-	1
Moray	2	-	2	-
Orkney Islands	-	-	1	1
Perth and Kinross	1	1	1	2
Renfrewshire	-	-	1	4
Scottish Borders	-	3	3	4
South Ayrshire	4	-	-	-
South Lanarkshire	2	2	2	1
Stirling	-	1	1	-
West Dunbartonshire	-	2	-	-
West Lothian	4	-	1	-
Other⁷	1	-	2	3
Scotland⁴	50	46	49	69
	Supply, Possession of Drugs with Intent to Supply
Aberdeen City	57	46	58	55
Aberdeenshire	9	19	21	25
Angus	21	19	13	14
Argyll and Bute	13	16	9	6
Clackmannanshire	11	8	12	26
Dumfries and Galloway	30	24	37	31
Dundee City	27	16	35	33
East Ayrshire	41	47	57	111
East Lothian	3	4	1	7
Edinburgh, City of	92	105	79	100
Eilean Siar	2	2	5	3
Falkirk	30	41	44	40
Fife	29	41	49	47
Glasgow City	245	255	248	325
Highland	29	44	35	56
Inverclyde	35	34	33	46
Midlothian	1	-	-	-
Moray	10	11	5	11
North Lanarkshire	23	24	29	30
Orkney Islands	1	4	-	6
Perth and Kinross	42	44	50	47
Renfrewshire	32	21	19	22
Scottish Borders	17	9	15	20
Shetland Islands	-	5	8	1
South Ayrshire	28	23	30	56
South Lanarkshire	59	82	66	63
Stirling	11	30	21	28
West Dunbartonshire	17	18	20	27
West Lothian	33	15	27	27
Other⁷	316	328	275	302
Scotland⁴	1,264	1,335	1,301	1,565
	Possession of Drugs
Aberdeen City	204	274	281	383
Aberdeenshire	92	160	116	147
Angus	102	72	82	92
Argyll and Bute	77	108	79	94
Clackmannanshire	22	34	31	57
Dumfries and Galloway	86	60	86	93
Dundee City	182	191	201	238
East Ayrshire	153	160	153	204
East Dunbartonshire	15	13	20	34
East Lothian	22	39	33	32
East Renfrewshire	10	16	14	14
Edinburgh, City of	340	332	223	211
Eilean Siar	10	15	25	19
Falkirk	104	128	144	136
Fife	106	88	118	87
Glasgow City	797	713	849	1,008
Highland	190	244	277	286
Inverclyde	177	146	211	293
Midlothian	13	21	8	10
Moray	40	60	35	58
North Ayrshire	36	55	35	51
North Lanarkshire	288	274	239	419
Orkney Islands	6	3	4	5
Perth and Kinross	68	107	106	126
Renfrewshire	135	115	109	141
Scottish Borders	86	92	84	60
Shetland Islands	16	15	12	16
South Ayrshire	232	210	214	296
South Lanarkshire	297	344	403	440
Stirling	44	79	109	134
West Dunbartonshire	68	76	79	185
West Lothian	79	90	53	69
Other⁷	2	10	6	9
Scotland⁴	4,099	4,344	4,439	5,448
	Other Drug Offences
Aberdeen City	1	1	-	-
Argyll and Bute	-	-	-	1
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	2
Dumfries and Galloway	-	-	-	3
Dundee City	1	-	-	-
East Ayrshire	-	1	-	2
East Lothian	-	1	-	-
Edinburgh, City of	2	-	1	-
Falkirk	-	-	-	1
Fife	1	-	-	-
Glasgow City	-	-	3	4
Highland	2	-	1	-
Inverclyde	-	-	1	-
Perth and Kinross	-	-	1	-
Scottish Borders	-	-	1	-
South Ayrshire	-	-	1	-
South Lanarkshire	1	1	-	2
Stirling	-	-	-	3
Other⁷	1	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	9	4	9	18

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.

Question reference: S2W-20224

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) dangerous and careless driving, (ii) drunk driving, (iii) speeding, (iv) unlawful use of a vehicle, (v) vehicle defect offences and (vi) other motor vehicle 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.

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

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Central	391	410	445	438	418
Dumfries and Galloway	391	302	392	415	498
Fife	1,741	1,591	1,806	941	658
Grampian	2,301	2,478	2,473	2,445	2,918
Lothian and Borders	1,046	928	952	978	1,002
Northern	619	709	769	971	1,006
Strathclyde	5,075	4,756	4,964	4,963	5,130
Tayside	738	781	899	1,143	1,102
Scotland	12,302	11,955	12,700	12,294	12,732
	Drink Driving
Central	580	678	705	605	606
Dumfries and Galloway	260	278	250	237	289
Fife	654	662	840	824	699
Grampian	1,045	1,165	1,271	1,310	1,277
Lothian and Borders	1,775	1,794	1,801	1,697	1,654
Northern	785	863	890	973	887
Strathclyde	4,710	5,002	5,049	4,812	4,855
Tayside	903	961	976	1,108	944
Scotland	10,712	11,403	11,782	11,566	11,211
	Speeding
Central	6,087	5,706	5,970	13,669	7,872
Dumfries and Galloway	9,963	8,440	6,752	10,786	18,887
Fife	7,017	8,159	9,628	8,920	11,069
Grampian	11,169	8,888	11,124	26,134	23,497
Lothian and Borders	21,015	21,043	17,736	31,988	63,712
Northern	5,944	6,284	7,177	6,620	6,099
Strathclyde	43,971	47,435	40,060	63,576	60,931
Tayside	11,584	17,285	13,358	19,255	23,991
Scotland	116,750	123,240	111,805	180,948	216,058
	Unlawful use of a vehicle
Central	3,791	5,711	5,909	5,379	4,298
Dumfries and Galloway	2,792	2,494	2,569	2,447	2,616
Fife	8,309	7,304	7,881	8,016	7,027
Grampian	7,426	8,008	9,071	7,437	6,037
Lothian and Borders	13,661	12,821	10,412	11,420	10,126
Northern	3,180	3,215	3,659	3,347	3,168
Strathclyde	39,604	41,576	43,392	44,977	33,445
Tayside	6,450	6,968	8,167	10,314	7,951
Scotland	85,213	88,097	91,060	93,337	74,668
	Vehicle defect offences
Central	3,497	5,760	4,845	4,041	3,564
Dumfries and Galloway	906	662	643	606	700
Fife	8,168	6,500	4,565	1,963	1,200
Grampian	2,182	2,462	3,074	2,508	2,856
Lothian and Borders	6,439	6,671	6,726	6,074	6,361
Northern	2,372	2,466	3,157	2,581	2,396
Strathclyde	23,774	21,605	21,476	21,056	8,538
Tayside	984	1,171	1,772	2,367	2,949
Scotland	48,322	47,297	46,258	41,196	28,564
	Other motor vehicle offences
Central	2,950	3,412	3,429	3,636	4,065
Dumfries and Galloway	2,171	1,371	1,381	1,611	2,208
Fife	5,954	5,607	4,664	4,069	3,867
Grampian	7,617	7,151	6,358	4,052	4,994
Lothian and Borders	14,851	17,107	15,301	15,210	19,853
Northern	2,969	2,455	3,017	2,531	2,454
Strathclyde	33,225	39,520	29,400	32,593	37,759
Tayside	2,736	3,481	4,161	6,450	9,762
Scotland	72,473	80,104	67,711	70,152	84,962

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

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Aberdeen City	1,075	1,149	1,147	1,060	1,307
Aberdeenshire	875	926	888	972	1,189
Angus	208	240	307	365	373
Argyll and Bute	315	295	304	327	344
Clackmannanshire	49	40	78	91	75
Dumfries and Galloway	391	302	392	415	498
Dundee City	264	291	301	379	365
East Ayrshire	219	183	242	207	205
East Dunbartonshire	141	135	145	135	142
East Lothian	108	108	96	108	163
East Renfrewshire	119	109	132	129	116
Edinburgh, City of	469	426	411	446	458
Eilean Siar	42	52	59	80	98
Falkirk	189	209	194	171	166
Fife	1,741	1,591	1,806	941	658
Glasgow City	1,704	1,639	1,787	1,799	1,756
Highland	525	602	628	803	823
Inverclyde	201	193	183	161	178
Midlothian	114	86	115	109	81
Moray	351	403	438	413	422
North Ayrshire	157	175	205	196	207
North Lanarkshire	597	598	595	686	734
Orkney Islands	29	44	57	53	55
Perth and Kinross	266	250	291	399	364
Renfrewshire	383	404	361	365	385
Scottish Borders	161	130	160	180	176
Shetland Islands	23	11	25	35	30
South Ayrshire	323	206	250	177	180
South Lanarkshire	752	655	615	602	670
Stirling	153	161	173	176	177
West Dunbartonshire	164	164	145	179	213
West Lothian	194	178	170	135	124
Scotland	12,302	11,955	12,700	12,294	12,732
	Drink Driving
Aberdeen City	457	524	559	615	578
Aberdeenshire	408	417	474	448	480
Angus	200	247	225	255	248
Argyll and Bute	221	251	286	268	277
Clackmannanshire	104	74	89	77	96
Dumfries and Galloway	260	278	250	237	289
Dundee City	377	413	440	505	375
East Ayrshire	197	218	229	242	239
East Dunbartonshire	153	113	156	139	136
East Lothian	118	112	110	135	144
East Renfrewshire	81	97	104	116	108
Edinburgh, City of	960	866	922	753	843
Eilean Siar	76	89	80	83	96
Falkirk	268	361	325	325	319
Fife	654	662	840	824	699
Glasgow City	1,626	1,685	1,710	1,666	1,649
Highland	611	702	711	770	669
Inverclyde	141	174	176	166	147
Midlothian	116	167	180	196	153
Moray	180	224	238	247	219
North Ayrshire	210	264	254	255	273
North Lanarkshire	737	753	718	679	705
Orkney Islands	44	34	40	45	48
Perth and Kinross	326	301	311	348	321
Renfrewshire	331	386	393	315	299
Scottish Borders	176	215	193	234	198
Shetland Islands	54	38	59	75	74
South Ayrshire	244	242	268	222	254
South Lanarkshire	562	605	553	558	573
Stirling	208	243	291	203	191
West Dunbartonshire	207	214	202	186	195
West Lothian	405	434	396	379	316
Scotland	10,712	11,403	11,782	11,566	11,211
	Speeding
Aberdeen City	4,834	3,473	6,548	20,852	19,340
Aberdeenshire	5,554	4,524	4,001	4,659	2,780
Angus	4,475	5,468	4,795	5,509	5,210
Argyll and Bute	2,741	1,766	2,122	1,772	1,989
Clackmannanshire	823	709	723	1,080	524
Dumfries and Galloway	9,963	8,440	6,752	10,786	18,887
Dundee City	1,300	1,130	1,161	2,553	7,478
East Ayrshire	2,238	1,152	1,818	5,638	16,622
East Dunbartonshire	382	411	340	647	902
East Lothian	1,876	1,072	1,884	1,054	478
East Renfrewshire	898	1,317	619	676	514
Edinburgh, City of	8,241	9,176	7,724	20,250	43,985
Eilean Siar	120	101	138	217	278
Falkirk	2,482	3,057	2,816	4,720	3,065
Fife	7,017	8,159	9,628	8,920	11,069
Glasgow City	25,916	31,353	18,805	18,073	11,308
Highland	5,557	5,997	6,846	6,182	5,519
Inverclyde	1,187	642	622	644	1,309
Midlothian	467	1,069	759	328	454
Moray	781	891	575	623	1,377
North Ayrshire	915	813	658	617	984
North Lanarkshire	2,936	3,571	9,685	28,209	18,128
Orkney Islands	68	19	118	63	86
Perth and Kinross	5,809	10,687	7,402	11,193	11,303
Renfrewshire	1,130	973	909	1,628	2,427
Scottish Borders	8,994	8,362	5,748	9,439	16,691
Shetland Islands	199	167	75	158	216
South Ayrshire	1,210	860	1,009	608	730
South Lanarkshire	3,447	3,811	2,930	4,564	4,937
Stirling	2,782	1,940	2,431	7,869	4,283
West Dunbartonshire	971	766	543	500	1,081
West Lothian	1,437	1,364	1,621	917	2,104
Scotland	116,750	123,240	111,805	180,948	216,058
	Unlawful Use of a Vehicle
Aberdeen City	3,945	4,102	5,158	3,954	3,075
Aberdeenshire	2,559	2,744	2,502	2,453	2,300
Angus	1,126	1,429	1,642	2,225	2,012
Argyll and Bute	1,414	1,434	1,352	1,558	1,060
Clackmannanshire	604	888	1,073	1,009	897
Dumfries and Galloway	2,792	2,494	2,569	2,447	2,616
Dundee City	3,422	3,340	4,162	5,558	3,661
East Ayrshire	1,682	1,578	1,954	2,042	1,473
East Dunbartonshire	768	793	974	834	611
East Lothian	936	959	689	757	862
East Renfrewshire	631	739	706	661	606
Edinburgh, City of	6,889	6,364	5,430	6,225	5,688
Eilean Siar	157	255	223	189	203
Falkirk	2,083	3,083	2,808	2,747	2,107
Fife	8,309	7,304	7,881	8,016	7,027
Glasgow City	15,538	16,499	18,320	18,726	13,548
Highland	2,677	2,727	3,105	2,777	2,706
Inverclyde	1,503	1,320	1,069	1,233	1,223
Midlothian	1,334	1,161	1,000	979	738
Moray	922	1,162	1,411	1,030	662
North Ayrshire	1,665	1,760	1,654	1,804	1,496
North Lanarkshire	6,644	7,268	7,172	7,595	5,379
Orkney Islands	155	128	169	125	92
Perth and Kinross	1,902	2,199	2,363	2,531	2,278
Renfrewshire	2,369	2,448	2,833	2,824	2,003
Scottish Borders	1,292	1,090	951	1,054	946
Shetland Islands	191	105	162	256	167
South Ayrshire	1,921	1,925	2,130	1,695	1,228
South Lanarkshire	4,377	4,663	4,121	4,679	3,648
Stirling	1,104	1,740	2,028	1,623	1,294
West Dunbartonshire	1,092	1,149	1,107	1,326	1,170
West Lothian	3,210	3,247	2,342	2,405	1,892
Scotland	85,213	88,097	91,060	93,337	74,668
	Vehicle Defect Offences
Aberdeen City	610	754	1,034	627	781
Aberdeenshire	1,261	1,167	1,410	1,306	1,670
Angus	256	343	305	552	569
Argyll and Bute	922	1,092	1,153	1,297	286
Clackmannanshire	461	691	680	701	637
Dumfries and Galloway	906	662	643	606	700
Dundee City	242	262	429	617	1,028
East Ayrshire	1,825	1,160	1,557	1,207	287
East Dunbartonshire	436	412	308	304	198
East Lothian	300	301	307	355	214
East Renfrewshire	380	457	401	326	275
Edinburgh, City of	2,485	2,725	2,629	2,940	3,121
Eilean Siar	52	120	157	103	54
Falkirk	1,951	3,123	2,446	2,125	1,870
Fife	8,168	6,500	4,565	1,963	1,200
Glasgow City	8,639	6,764	6,052	6,058	3,365
Highland	2,117	2,184	2,805	2,239	2,197
Inverclyde	1,333	1,075	965	1,027	457
Midlothian	1,172	921	1,071	692	889
Moray	311	541	630	575	405
North Ayrshire	1,187	961	1,473	1,003	271
North Lanarkshire	2,799	3,656	3,576	4,274	1,365
Orkney Islands	102	92	128	135	75
Perth and Kinross	486	566	1,038	1,198	1,352
Renfrewshire	1,343	1,129	1,158	989	557
Scottish Borders	809	1,051	875	865	800
Shetland Islands	101	70	67	104	70
South Ayrshire	2,210	1,641	2,567	1,830	374
South Lanarkshire	2,240	2,652	1,884	2,333	862
Stirling	1,085	1,946	1,719	1,215	1,057
West Dunbartonshire	460	606	382	408	241
West Lothian	1,673	1,673	1,844	1,222	1,337
Scotland	48,322	47,297	46,258	41,196	28,564
	Other Motor Vehicle Offences
Aberdeen City	3,482	3,430	3,180	2,020	2,414
Aberdeenshire	3,191	2,792	2,248	1,537	1,935
Angus	425	618	919	1,394	1,672
Argyll and Bute	928	683	806	1,105	1,205
Clackmannanshire	386	416	420	555	647
Dumfries and Galloway	2,171	1,371	1,381	1,611	2,208
Dundee City	1,098	1,514	1,849	2,988	4,185
East Ayrshire	1,118	1,014	936	983	1,195
East Dunbartonshire	658	655	374	354	464
East Lothian	1,150	749	624	590	767
East Renfrewshire	401	502	580	466	526
Edinburgh, City of	8,166	8,815	9,412	10,866	15,467
Eilean Siar	91	110	199	119	90
Falkirk	1,625	1,858	1,865	1,928	2,187
Fife	5,954	5,607	4,664	4,069	3,867
Glasgow City	16,266	19,694	13,872	17,501	20,626
Highland	2,438	2,119	2,496	2,069	2,057
Inverclyde	1,418	1,520	951	601	780
Midlothian	1,076	1,002	779	614	715
Moray	944	929	930	495	645
North Ayrshire	617	801	666	688	901
North Lanarkshire	3,853	5,591	5,000	4,638	4,517
Orkney Islands	271	123	149	180	147
Perth and Kinross	1,213	1,349	1,393	2,068	3,905
Renfrewshire	1,693	2,232	1,676	1,249	1,335
Scottish Borders	1,572	1,658	1,616	1,310	996
Shetland Islands	169	103	173	163	160
South Ayrshire	1,396	1,232	1,326	1,097	1,759
South Lanarkshire	3,727	4,240	2,226	3,107	3,367
Stirling	939	1,138	1,144	1,153	1,231
West Dunbartonshire	1,150	1,356	987	804	1,084
West Lothian	2,887	4,883	2,870	1,830	1,908
Scotland	72,473	80,104	67,711	70,152	84,962

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

Police force area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Central	120	139	147	192
Dumfries and Galloway	198	156	213	228
Fife	171	253	250	217
Grampian	432	484	445	610
Lothian and Borders	347	441	482	538
Northern	239	280	325	423
Strathclyde	1,373	1,463	1,415	1,601
Tayside	251	307	394	483
Scotland⁴	3,131	3,523	3,671	4,292
	Drink Driving
Central	413	309	654	564
Dumfries and Galloway	174	217	224	240
Fife	374	378	726	602
Grampian	825	833	945	1,029
Lothian and Borders	1,181	1,190	1,545	1,424
Northern	516	575	694	739
Strathclyde	2,984	2,965	3,515	3,113
Tayside	604	661	807	839
Scotland⁴	7,071	7,128	9,110	8,550
	Speeding⁸
Central	861	781	722	862
Dumfries and Galloway	1,446	943	935	870
Fife	562	493	562	902
Grampian	1,526	1,206	1,095	1,253
Lothian and Borders	1,505	1,670	1,691	1,589
Northern	595	928	1,272	1,653
Strathclyde	3,609	2,404	1,726	2,858
Tayside	1,369	1,684	1,717	2,123
Scotland⁴	11,473	10,109	9,720	12,110
	Unlawful Use of a Vehicle
Central	1,363	1,485	1,556	1,543
Dumfries and Galloway	625	584	613	633
Fife	1,646	1,721	1,895	1,993
Grampian	1,880	1,876	2,086	2,051
Lothian and Borders	3,532	3,587	3,631	3,757
Northern	655	523	710	730
Strathclyde	7,571	8,421	7,744	7,889
Tayside	1,813	1,824	2,148	2,506
Scotland⁴	19,085	20,021	20,383	21,102
	Vehicle Defect Offences
Central	179	176	169	100
Dumfries and Galloway	134	72	91	101
Fife	75	48	60	65
Grampian	211	127	201	266
Lothian and Borders	255	280	226	295
Northern	113	95	180	173
Strathclyde	721	578	385	454
Tayside	181	143	230	471
Scotland⁴	1,869	1,519	1,542	1,925
	Other Motor Vehicle Offences
Central	486	439	475	339
Dumfries and Galloway	294	212	161	195
Fife	274	265	237	266
Grampian	754	472	389	376
Lothian and Borders	1,051	997	885	891
Northern	243	213	323	225
Strathclyde	2,682	2,718	2,149	1,735
Tayside	309	296	373	599
Scotland⁴	6,093	5,612	4,992	4,626

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

Local Authority Area	2000	2001	2002	2003⁵
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Aberdeen City	166	278	229	348
Aberdeenshire	77	125	126	154
Angus	86	111	146	129
Argyll and Bute	92	89	76	78
Clackmannanshire	22	17	19	27
Dumfries and Galloway	198	156	213	228
Dundee City	62	88	125	172
East Ayrshire	125	121	131	152
East Lothian	48	42	54	45
Edinburgh, City of	182	220	231	290
Eilean Siar	5	22	18	27
Falkirk	54	60	71	92
Fife	170	253	250	217
Glasgow City	329	401	414	396
Highland	96	241	277	365
Inverclyde	48	33	47	41
Midlothian	-	-	-	1
Moray	60	81	89	107
North Ayrshire	-	1	-	-
North Lanarkshire	64	97	100	91
Orkney Islands	6	13	24	15
Perth and Kinross	103	108	123	182
Renfrewshire	165	164	117	193
Scottish Borders	52	86	94	126
Shetland Islands	5	3	6	16
South Ayrshire	129	103	101	146
South Lanarkshire	314	348	355	398
Stirling	43	62	57	73
West Dunbartonshire	107	105	72	105
West Lothian	63	93	103	76
Other⁷	259	1	2	2
Scotland⁴	3,131	3,523	3,671	4,292
	Drink driving
Aberdeen City	295	459	552	588
Aberdeenshire	127	223	223	244
Angus	155	198	182	187
Argyll and Bute	98	106	129	137
Clackmannanshire	74	46	48	83
Dumfries and Galloway	174	217	224	240
Dundee City	232	261	326	363
East Ayrshire	267	305	278	300
East Lothian	73	95	114	136
Edinburgh, City of	743	736	894	779
Eilean Siar	8	58	73	52
Falkirk	196	115	375	284
Fife	374	378	726	602
Glasgow City	1,074	1,040	1,156	1,049
Highland	147	458	544	599
Inverclyde	98	89	121	142
Moray	92	150	169	197
North Ayrshire	-	1	-	-
North Lanarkshire	271	256	306	235
Orkney Islands	11	24	33	35
Perth and Kinross	217	202	299	289
Renfrewshire	267	231	402	269
Scottish Borders	90	126	159	195
Shetland Islands	19	35	44	53
South Ayrshire	200	217	239	245
South Lanarkshire	509	522	629	507
Stirling	143	148	231	196
West Dunbartonshire	200	198	255	229
West Lothian	275	233	378	314
Other⁷	642	1	1	-
Scotland⁴	7,071	7,128	9,110	8,550
	Speeding⁸
Aberdeen City	227	431	431	732
Aberdeenshire	481	663	582	446
Angus	650	544	704	1,030
Argyll and Bute	187	164	171	253
Clackmannanshire	125	152	135	132
Dumfries and Galloway	1,446	943	935	870
Dundee City	147	147	146	200
East Ayrshire	403	219	127	258
East Dunbartonshire	31	41	20	38
East Lothian	126	90	97	105
East Renfrewshire	100	56	46	59
Edinburgh, City of	572	569	479	704
Eilean Siar	5	22	23	42
Falkirk	568	434	386	382
Fife	562	493	562	901
Glasgow City	747	457	326	670
Highland	355	888	1,230	1,583
Inverclyde	274	144	111	155
Midlothian	80	47	70	61
Moray	57	112	82	75
North Ayrshire	164	107	88	158
North Lanarkshire	715	537	259	333
Orkney Islands	5	1	9	15
Perth and Kinross	572	993	867	893
Renfrewshire	135	71	89	141
Scottish Borders	565	726	803	495
Shetland Islands	2	17	10	13
South Ayrshire	208	93	132	196
South Lanarkshire	496	403	241	515
Stirling	168	195	201	348
West Dunbartonshire	149	112	116	81
West Lothian	162	238	242	224
Other⁷	989	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	11,473	10,109	9,720	12,110
	Unlawful Use of a Vehicle
Aberdeen City	927	1,111	1,311	1,272
Aberdeenshire	450	544	546	513
Angus	417	423	476	552
Argyll and Bute	161	158	158	159
Clackmannanshire	170	207	215	335
Dumfries and Galloway	625	584	613	633
Dundee City	910	854	1,100	1,358
East Ayrshire	548	571	492	546
East Dunbartonshire	16	18	14	8
East Lothian	235	230	270	238
East Renfrewshire	32	20	11	-
Edinburgh, City of	2,285	2,115	2,041	2,167
Eilean Siar	27	32	44	36
Falkirk	801	868	825	717
Fife	1,646	1,721	1,893	1,991
Glasgow City	2,006	2,782	2,586	2,717
Highland	279	448	589	621
Inverclyde	380	337	312	368
Midlothian	119	45	68	59
Moray	131	221	229	264
North Ayrshire	81	104	83	25
North Lanarkshire	852	1,015	836	774
Orkney Islands	8	14	40	28
Perth and Kinross	486	547	572	593
Renfrewshire	632	537	549	650
Scottish Borders	225	275	276	409
Shetland Islands	22	29	37	45
South Ayrshire	599	548	672	691
South Lanarkshire	1,753	1,920	1,674	1,566
Stirling	392	410	514	489
West Dunbartonshire	511	411	357	384
West Lothian	668	922	975	883
Other⁷	691	-	2	3
Scotland⁴	19,085	20,021	20,383	21,102
	Vehicle Defect Offences
Aberdeen City	31	43	101	117
Aberdeenshire	53	63	86	131
Angus	25	23	23	38
Argyll and Bute	14	19	13	21
Clackmannanshire	11	14	5	7
Dumfries and Galloway	134	72	91	101
Dundee City	44	34	33	41
East Ayrshire	54	30	23	20
East Dunbartonshire	3	7	3	4
East Lothian	10	10	9	17
East Renfrewshire	8	4	3	16
Edinburgh, City of	161	134	127	173
Eilean Siar	-	4	4	19
Falkirk	105	117	119	48
Fife	75	48	60	65
Glasgow City	148	136	79	104
Highland	42	87	167	142
Inverclyde	37	32	26	53
Midlothian	16	8	12	20
Moray	9	21	14	18
North Ayrshire	24	11	9	22
North Lanarkshire	130	105	84	83
Orkney Islands	3	2	4	5
Perth and Kinross	112	86	174	392
Renfrewshire	32	23	18	42
Scottish Borders	31	55	32	56
Shetland Islands	4	2	5	7
South Ayrshire	71	38	38	38
South Lanarkshire	177	143	68	40
Stirling	63	45	45	45
West Dunbartonshire	23	30	21	11
West Lothian	37	73	46	29
Other⁷	180	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	1,869	1,519	1,542	1,925
	Other Motor Vehicle Offences
Aberdeen City	172	208	179	190
Aberdeenshire	192	206	176	147
Angus	73	57	67	162
Argyll and Bute	45	80	21	65
Clackmannanshire	44	45	45	48
Dumfries and Galloway	294	212	161	195
Dundee City	101	101	158	233
East Ayrshire	174	137	92	77
East Dunbartonshire	20	32	19	10
East Lothian	101	48	49	30
East Renfrewshire	15	21	16	54
Edinburgh, City of	695	658	505	542
Eilean Siar	1	4	8	6
Falkirk	301	271	293	163
Fife	274	265	237	266
Glasgow City	1,035	884	567	253
Highland	63	201	301	210
Inverclyde	217	230	214	159
Midlothian	43	48	18	19
Moray	36	58	34	39
North Ayrshire	77	72	48	51
North Lanarkshire	326	469	435	472
Orkney Islands	1	6	9	2
Perth and Kinross	135	138	148	204
Renfrewshire	102	112	137	95
Scottish Borders	84	95	113	116
Shetland Islands	-	2	5	6
South Ayrshire	216	157	163	145
South Lanarkshire	379	415	343	197
Stirling	141	123	137	128
West Dunbartonshire	76	109	94	157
West Lothian	128	148	200	184
Other⁷	532	-	-	1
Scotland⁴	6,093	5,612	4,992	4,626

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
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Central	94	124	138	182
Dumfries and Galloway	172	144	197	207
Fife	161	236	237	210
Grampian	412	445	416	569
Lothian and Borders	323	420	457	507
Northern	223	273	308	405
Strathclyde	1,199	1,293	1,316	1,499
Tayside	232	282	350	448
Scotland⁴	2,816	3,217	3,419	4,027
	Drink Driving
Central	393	298	640	537
Dumfries and Galloway	166	210	214	234
Fife	360	369	708	583
Grampian	784	811	920	1,012
Lothian and Borders	1,122	1,171	1,495	1,381
Northern	499	568	679	715
Strathclyde	2,784	2,725	3,430	3,017
Tayside	583	640	768	801
Scotland⁴	6,691	6,792	8,854	8,280
	Speeding⁸
Central	838	768	713	859
Dumfries and Galloway	1,386	893	917	853
Fife	560	490	558	899
Grampian	1,519	1,205	1,090	1,249
Lothian and Borders	1,494	1,663	1,681	1,580
Northern	589	927	1,269	1,648
Strathclyde	3,567	2,353	1,701	2,840
Tayside	1,362	1,678	1,707	2,106
Scotland⁴	11,315	9,977	9,636	12,034
	Unlawful Use of a Vehicle
Central	1,218	1,357	1,435	1,425
Dumfries and Galloway	475	474	545	527
Fife	1,539	1,632	1,770	1,897
Grampian	1,782	1,778	1,974	1,950
Lothian and Borders	3,257	3,336	3,416	3,525
Northern	592	505	661	675
Strathclyde	6,353	7,022	7,143	7,229
Tayside	1,706	1,700	1,948	2,229
Scotland⁴	16,922	17,804	18,892	19,457
	Vehicle Defect Offences
Central	131	132	147	95
Dumfries and Galloway	101	56	74	85
Fife	70	45	56	62
Grampian	190	117	190	253
Lothian and Borders	238	248	210	275
Northern	105	92	166	157
Strathclyde	575	428	349	429
Tayside	166	134	206	414
Scotland⁴	1,576	1,252	1,398	1,770
	Other Motor Vehicle Offences
Central	437	399	446	320
Dumfries and Galloway	232	191	147	176
Fife	260	241	210	256
Grampian	697	448	355	344
Lothian and Borders	950	884	839	833
Northern	218	202	313	207
Strathclyde	2,352	2,354	2,043	1,673
Tayside	291	271	339	548
Scotland⁴	5,437	4,990	4,692	4,357

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
	Dangerous and Careless Driving
Aberdeen City	157	253	212	315
Aberdeenshire	73	113	123	148
Angus	78	107	134	122
Argyll and Bute	87	81	72	75
Clackmannanshire	15	16	18	26
Dumfries and Galloway	172	144	197	207
Dundee City	58	79	106	157
East Ayrshire	116	109	127	148
East Lothian	44	38	52	42
Edinburgh, City of	170	212	215	268
Eilean Siar	3	21	17	26
Falkirk	43	54	66	85
Fife	161	236	237	210
Glasgow City	282	346	384	368
Highland	89	235	263	350
Inverclyde	40	27	46	41
Midlothian	-	-	-	1
Moray	58	79	81	105
North Lanarkshire	51	83	90	87
Orkney Islands	6	13	23	14
Perth and Kinross	96	96	110	169
Renfrewshire	144	152	111	181
Scottish Borders	52	84	91	122
Shetland Islands	4	3	5	15
South Ayrshire	115	95	97	139
South Lanarkshire	277	308	323	368
Stirling	35	54	54	71
West Dunbartonshire	87	91	64	91
West Lothian	55	86	99	74
Other⁷	248	1	2	2
Scotland⁴	2,816	3,217	3,419	4,027
	Drink Driving
Aberdeen City	282	445	529	575
Aberdeenshire	122	218	223	241
Angus	155	192	179	183
Argyll and Bute	94	98	125	131
Clackmannanshire	69	41	48	78
Dumfries and Galloway	166	210	214	234
Dundee City	222	251	305	336
East Ayrshire	259	296	275	298
East Lothian	71	93	111	134
Edinburgh, City of	711	728	868	753
Eilean Siar	6	55	72	50
Falkirk	189	112	364	270
Fife	360	369	708	583
Glasgow City	979	942	1,133	1,018
Highland	143	455	530	580
Inverclyde	95	85	118	141
Moray	91	147	167	196
North Lanarkshire	242	235	291	220
Orkney Islands	10	23	33	33
Perth and Kinross	206	197	284	282
Renfrewshire	253	210	396	256
Scottish Borders	90	125	153	188
Shetland Islands	19	35	44	52
South Ayrshire	192	211	233	242
South Lanarkshire	479	469	608	489
Stirling	135	145	228	189
West Dunbartonshire	191	179	251	222
West Lothian	250	225	363	306
Other⁷	610	1	1	-
Scotland⁴	6,691	6,792	8,854	8,280
	Speeding⁸
Aberdeen City	227	431	429	730
Aberdeenshire	480	662	581	445
Angus	648	543	699	1,028
Argyll and Bute	187	161	171	252
Clackmannanshire	124	152	135	132
Dumfries and Galloway	1,386	893	917	853
Dundee City	146	146	145	197
East Ayrshire	400	218	127	258
East Dunbartonshire	31	39	20	38
East Lothian	126	90	96	102
East Renfrewshire	98	56	46	59
Edinburgh, City of	569	564	475	700
Eilean Siar	5	22	23	42
Falkirk	551	430	382	380
Fife	560	490	558	899
Glasgow City	737	447	321	668
Highland	353	887	1,227	1,578
Inverclyde	272	142	111	155
Midlothian	80	47	70	61
Moray	56	112	80	74
North Ayrshire	163	107	87	158
North Lanarkshire	709	528	258	333
Orkney Islands	5	1	9	15
Perth and Kinross	568	989	863	881
Renfrewshire	130	68	89	141
Scottish Borders	559	725	801	495
Shetland Islands	2	17	10	13
South Ayrshire	207	91	132	194
South Lanarkshire	487	390	225	502
Stirling	163	186	196	347
West Dunbartonshire	146	106	114	81
West Lothian	160	237	239	222
Other⁷	980	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	11,315	9,977	9,636	12,034
	Unlawful Use of a Vehicle
Aberdeen City	878	1,051	1,242	1,204
Aberdeenshire	423	521	519	489
Angus	396	391	446	501
Argyll and Bute	140	135	147	143
Clackmannanshire	162	190	205	312
Dumfries and Galloway	475	474	545	527
Dundee City	854	788	995	1,197
East Ayrshire	496	523	466	531
East Dunbartonshire	14	18	14	8
East Lothian	208	222	260	227
East Renfrewshire	28	20	11	-
Edinburgh, City of	2,119	1,955	1,911	2,025
Eilean Siar	21	32	40	31
Falkirk	712	799	748	668
Fife	1,539	1,632	1,769	1,897
Glasgow City	1,666	2,276	2,405	2,519
Highland	244	432	547	574
Inverclyde	345	311	303	352
Midlothian	117	45	66	59
Moray	130	206	213	255
North Ayrshire	80	102	81	25
North Lanarkshire	732	883	791	739
Orkney Islands	7	14	39	28
Perth and Kinross	456	521	507	531
Renfrewshire	533	436	496	581
Scottish Borders	219	266	268	377
Shetland Islands	20	27	35	42
South Ayrshire	527	493	622	632
South Lanarkshire	1,392	1,511	1,491	1,360
Stirling	344	368	481	444
West Dunbartonshire	400	314	316	338
West Lothian	594	848	911	837
Other⁷	651	-	2	3
Scotland⁴	16,922	17,804	18,892	19,457
	Vehicle Defect Offences
Aberdeen City	28	38	97	113
Aberdeenshire	46	60	80	124
Angus	24	21	22	36
Argyll and Bute	10	18	12	19
Clackmannanshire	8	13	4	7
Dumfries and Galloway	101	56	74	85
Dundee City	43	34	32	34
East Ayrshire	44	21	22	19
East Dunbartonshire	2	6	3	4
East Lothian	9	9	7	16
East Renfrewshire	8	4	3	16
Edinburgh, City of	148	116	114	160
Eilean Siar	-	4	4	15
Falkirk	77	87	106	44
Fife	70	45	56	62
Glasgow City	112	98	65	99
Highland	39	85	154	130
Inverclyde	34	26	24	49
Midlothian	16	7	12	20
Moray	9	19	13	16
North Ayrshire	23	9	9	22
North Lanarkshire	115	90	79	81
Orkney Islands	3	1	3	5
Perth and Kinross	99	79	152	344
Renfrewshire	23	15	15	41
Scottish Borders	31	53	32	51
Shetland Islands	4	2	5	7
South Ayrshire	55	27	37	35
South Lanarkshire	134	95	62	34
Stirling	46	32	37	44
West Dunbartonshire	15	19	18	10
West Lothian	34	63	45	28
Other⁷	166	-	-	-
Scotland⁴	1,576	1,252	1,398	1,770
	Other Motor Vehicle Offences
Aberdeen City	151	194	157	171
Aberdeenshire	180	202	169	137
Angus	68	51	63	150
Argyll and Bute	36	71	21	65
Clackmannanshire	40	42	40	46
Dumfries and Galloway	232	191	147	176
Dundee City	99	91	142	207
East Ayrshire	156	118	87	73
East Dunbartonshire	20	29	19	10
East Lothian	93	42	48	28
East Renfrewshire	15	21	16	54
Edinburgh, City of	630	577	466	499
Eilean Siar	-	4	8	5
Falkirk	268	248	277	153
Fife	260	241	210	256
Glasgow City	932	755	531	228
Highland	60	192	292	194
Inverclyde	202	216	211	155
Midlothian	43	47	18	19
Moray	33	52	29	36
North Ayrshire	77	71	47	51
North Lanarkshire	296	437	426	471
Orkney Islands	1	5	8	1
Perth and Kinross	124	129	134	191
Renfrewshire	76	90	127	88
Scottish Borders	82	92	111	108
Shetland Islands	-	1	5	6
South Ayrshire	180	125	155	140
South Lanarkshire	310	341	316	188
Stirling	129	109	129	121
West Dunbartonshire	52	80	87	150
West Lothian	102	126	196	179
Other⁷	490	-	-	1
Scotland⁴	5,437	4,990	4,692	4,357

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. Includes clearway and motorwayoffences.

Question reference: S2W-19958

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many offenders in breach of anti-social behaviour orders have (a) been returned to court and (b) received sentences in the last 12 months, broken down by local authority.

The latest available statistics on breaches of anti-social behaviour orders in the year ending March 2004 can be found at sections 5.9 to 5.15 of the relevant publication Use of Antisocial Behaviour Orders in Scotland on the Scottish Executive’s website at:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/04/07104508/45091.

More recent statistics, from a survey covering the year ending March 2005, are currently being compiled and are planned for publication towards the end of this year.

Question reference: S2W-19951

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Malcolm Chisholm on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were living in poverty in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority area in each of the last 30 years.

The information requested is not available.

The official source of low income data for Scotland is the Households Below Average Income (HBAI) dataset available from 1994-95. This is derived from the Family Resources Survey (FRS). The sample size of the FRS in Scotland is relatively small and can only be used to provide information for Scotland as a whole.

The following link provides the latest low income headline figures for Scotland (2003-04), together with data for previous years. This was published on 30 March 2005:

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2005/03/29170611/06123.

A snapshot analysis of Benefits, such as Income Support and Job Seeker’s Allowance, may be used as a proxy for low income poverty by geographical area. Such analyses need careful interpretation, however as changes in the benefits system affect the results over time:

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/asd/tabtool.asp.

Question reference: S2W-19966

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were convicted of (a) drunkenness, (b) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (c) causing death by dangerous driving when under the influence of drink or drugs in each year since 1995, broken down by police force area.

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

Persons with a Charge Proved for Selected Offences¹, by Police Force Area, 1995-2003

Police Force Area	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003²
Drunkenness
Central	59	34	22	12	6	7	2	4	4
Dumfries and Galloway	50	46	21	-	3	-	-	-	1
Fife	40	19	18	8	7	2	5	3	10
Grampian	47	40	39	38	22	22	13	8	17
Lothian and Borders	70	33	51	41	20	18	26	28	22
Northern	289	231	246	224	159	138	104	140	135
Strathclyde	745	690	514	383	246	227	191	184	203
Tayside	13	10	17	19	15	20	30	17	19
Total	1,313	1,103	928	725	478	434	371	384	411
Drunk Driving
Central	397	411	424	383	371	393	298	640	537
Dumfries and Galloway	194	263	214	189	205	166	210	214	234
Fife	492	414	488	424	376	360	369	708	583
Grampian	947	908	948	895	840	784	811	920	1,012
Lothian and Borders	1,272	1,359	1,437	1,366	1,188	1,122	1,171	1,495	1,381
Northern	636	688	645	544	533	499	568	679	715
Strathclyde	3,088	3,432	3,710	2,869	2,830	2,784	2,725	3,430	3,017
Tayside	569	590	653	617	556	583	640	768	801
Total	7,595	8,065	8,519	7,287	6,899	6,691	6,792	8,854	8,280
Death by Careless Driving when Under the Influence of Drink or Drugs
Central	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Fife	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1
Grampian	1	-	2	1	1	-	1	1	-
Northern	-	-	1	1	-	1	-	-	1
Strathclyde	1	-	1	-	-	-	1	-	-
Tayside	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Total	2	-	4	3	1	2	3	1	2

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes estimated data.

Question reference: S2W-19959

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Thursday, 20 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many children were reported missing in each year since 1990, broken down by police force area.

Question reference: S2W-19914

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were stopped for not wearing their seat belts in each of the last five years, broken down by police force area, and what type of fine was imposed upon each individual.

The available information is given in the 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.

Number of Seat Belt Offences Recorded by the Police, 2000-04

Police Force Area	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Central	2,286	2,581	2,435	2,548	2,547
Dumfries and Galloway	531	282	344	385	349
Fife	3,226	3,012	2,205	2,710	2,552
Grampian	2,645	1,975	1,919	517	513
Lothian and Borders	6,732	7,394	6,679	5,216	5,851
Northern	1,486	1,098	1,407	1,246	1,135
Strathclyde	17,952	22,013	13,552	11,222	10,635
Tayside	1,318	1,647	2,472	4,005	5,837
Scotland	36,176	40,002	31,013	27,849	29,419

Seat belt Offences Resulting in a Fine Imposed by a Scottish Court, 1999-2003

Police Force Area	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003¹
Number of Offences
Central	168	332	272	324	228
Dumfries and Galloway	60	15	4	12	12
Fife	181	172	146	135	207
Grampian	324	280	202	175	135
Lothian and Borders	446	447	320	273	322
Northern	88	93	104	75	68
Strathclyde	1,240	1,134	1,000	1,012	730
Tayside	290	139	118	151	315
Scotland	2,797	2,612	2,166	2,157	2,017
Average Fine Imposed (£)²
Central	39	45	53	59	59
Dumfries and Galloway	82	43	43	63	51
Fife	48	44	47	51	49
Grampian	40	46	50	52	62
Lothian and Borders	45	48	54	59	57
Northern	41	40	47	52	54
Strathclyde	44	44	49	50	52
Tayside	55	51	55	59	58
Scotland	45	46	50	54	55

Notes:

1. Includes estimated data.

2. Excludes fines where value not known.

Question reference: S2W-19918

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many people were fined for offences directly relating to the improper use of (a) disabled vehicle stickers and (b) disabled parking spaces in each of the last five years.

Question reference: S2W-19915

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 19 October 2005
Current Status: Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for (i) rape, (ii) assault with intent to rape and (iii) indecent assault took place in each of the last five years.

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.

Number of Crimes Recorded by the Police, 2000-04

Crime	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Rape	562	589	745	794	892
Assault with intent to rape	143	164	168	194	215
Indecent assault	1,117	1,154	1,337	1,418	1,455

Number of Persons Proceeded Against in Scottish Courts for Selected Crimes¹, 2000-03

Crime	2000	2001	2002	2003²
Number proceeded against
Rape	51	67	49	83
Assault with intent to rape	23	36	19	26
Indecent assault	99	73	72	101
Number with a charge proved
Rape	28	42	29	44
Assault with intent to rape	15	27	13	18
Indecent assault	66	52	56	82

Notes:

1. Where main offence.

2. Includes estimated data.

Question reference: S2W-20271

Asked by: Stewart Stevenson, MSP for Banff and Buchan, Scottish National Party
Date lodged: Wednesday, 02 November 2005
Current Status: Answered by Andy Kerr on 10 November 2005

To ask the Scottish Executive what the net number of bed closures was in each NHS board in each year since 1999, broken down by bed type.

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