The Scottish Government

Persons with a charge proved by main penalty, 1993-2002

Table 7

Number

Main penalty

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

% change
2001-2002

Total

162,806

159,178

156,707

153,087

150,508

139,880

127,558

118,147

120,289

124,950

4

Custody

15,323

16,091

16,255

16,923

16,255

15,976

16,195

15,375

16,663

16,817

1

Prison

10,832

11,583

11,561

12,134

11,663

11,496

11,684

11,046

12,408

13,131

6

Young offenders institution

4,461

4,472

4,646

4,744

4,563

4,460

4,494

4,318

4,239

3,663

-14

Other custody

30

36

48

45

29

20

17

11

16

23

44

Community sentence

10,801

11,465

11,484

12,154

12,599

12,531

12,552

12,437

13,584

15,208

12

Probation

5,722

6,145

6,145

6,435

6,817

7,146

7,350

7,377

8,179

9,182

12

Community service order

5,079

5,320

5,339

5,711

5,709

5,246

4,889

4,690

4,879

5,009

3

Supervised attendance order

-

-

-

8

73

68

107

75

48

74

54

Restriction of liberty order

-

-

-

-

-

71

206

215

201

495

146

Drug treatment & testing order

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

80

277

448

62

Financial penalty

118,496

114,283

111,864

106,799

105,165

96,215

84,636

77,349

76,810

78,918

3

Fine

116,918

112,748

110,337

105,384

103,861

94,917

83,482

76,238

75,672

77,636

3

Compensation order

1,578

1,535

1,527

1,415

1,304

1,298

1,154

1,111

1,138

1,282

13

Other sentence

18,186

17,339

17,104

17,211

16,489

15,158

14,175

12,986

13,232

14,007

6

Insanity, hospital, guardianship order

138

133

136

159

164

131

137

109

113

114

1

Caution or admonition

16,976

16,243

15,857

15,859

15,041

13,893

12,916

11,804

11,973

12,587

5

Absolute discharge

989

839

939

1,000

1,065

957

986

967

987

1,096

11

Remit to children's hearing

83

124

172

193

219

177

136

106

159

210

32

Average amount of penalty ¹

Custody (days)

218

215

222

229

231

224

228

227

223

211

Community service order (hours)

134

139

140

143

150

151

152

152

152

153

Fine ² ()

123

134

146

157

166

164

171

173

188

200

Compensation order ³ ()

183

199

212

220

244

245

248

282

238

220

1 Excludes sentences which are indeterminate or not known. 2. Excludes company fines. 3. As main or secondary penalty.

Percentage

Main penalty

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

Total

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Custody

9

10

10

11

11

11

13

13

14

13

Prison

7

7

7

8

8

8

9

9

10

11

Young offenders institution

3

3

3

3

3

3

4

4

4

3

Other custody

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Community sentence

7

7

7

8

8

9

10

11

11

12

Probation

4

4

4

4

5

5

6

6

7

7

Community service order

3

3

3

4

4

4

4

4

4

4

Supervised attendance order

-

-

-

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Restriction of liberty order

-

-

-

-

-

*

*

*

*

*

Drug treatment & testing order

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

*

*

*

Financial penalty

73

72

71

70

70

69

66

65

64

63

Fine

72

71

70

69

69

68

65

65

63

62

Compensation order

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Other sentence

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

11

Insanity, hospital, guardianship order

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Caution or admonition

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

10

Absolute discharge

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Remit to children's hearing

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*