Prison Statistics Scotland, 2003

Sentenced receptions to penal establishments by sentencing court, 1994-2003

Table 13

Number
Sentencing court	1994	1995 ⁽¹⁾	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total receptions	21,111	19,030	22,155	23,213	22,269	20,741	18,916	19,247	19,687	18,872
High	804	886	1,017	924	986	1,045	1,005	1,047	1,165	1,213
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	14,531	13,337	15,619	15,176	15,336	14,580	13,483	14,087	14,745	13,902
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	5,740	4,787	5,472	7,032	5,845	5,027	4,309	3,979	3,691	3,650
Other	36	20	47	81	102	89	119	134	86	107
Percentage ⁽²⁾
Total receptions (=100%)	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
High	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	6	6
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	69	70	70	65	69	70	71	73	75	74
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	27	25	25	30	26	24	23	21	19	19
Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	*	1

(1) See Notes 4 to 5 of Annex.
(2) Due to rounding of figures some percentage totals may not add to 100.

Sentenced receptions of males to penal establishments by sentencing court, 1994-2003

Table 13A

Number
Sentencing court	1994	1995 ⁽¹⁾	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total receptions	19,697	17,737	20,869	21,947	20,862	19,465	17,739	18,035	18,440	17,577
High	777	866	986	897	953	1,007	965	998	1,111	1,152
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	13,948	12,773	15,018	14,633	14,633	13,847	12,815	13,293	13,930	13,042
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	4,936	4,079	4,821	6,339	5,176	4,526	3,844	3,620	3,314	3,279
Other	36	19	44	78	100	85	115	124	85	104
Percentage ⁽²⁾
Total receptions (=100%)	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
High	4	5	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	7
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	71	72	72	67	70	71	72	74	76	74
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	25	23	23	29	25	23	22	20	18	19
Other	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	1	*	1

See footnotes to Table 13

Sentenced receptions of females to penal establishments by sentencing court, 1994-2003

Table 13B

Number
Sentencing court	1994	1995 ⁽¹⁾	1996 ⁽¹⁾	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total receptions	1,414	1,293	1,286	1,266	1,407	1,276	1,177	1,212	1,247	1,295
High	27	20	31	27	33	38	40	49	54	61
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	583	564	601	543	703	733	668	794	815	860
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	804	708	651	693	669	501	465	359	377	371
Other	-	1	3	3	2	4	4	10	1	3
Percentage ⁽²⁾
Total receptions (=100%)	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
High	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	41	44	47	43	50	57	57	66	65	66
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	57	55	51	55	48	39	40	30	30	29
Other	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	1	*	*

See footnotes to Table 13

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