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Statistical Bulletin CrJ/2005/4: Criminal Justice Series: CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2003: page 28

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CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2003

Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences: subsequent outcome, 1994-2003

Table 24

Outcome

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998 2

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

Numbers:

Total notices issued 1

478,321

459,254

439,733

438,681

396,626

296,368

185,987

179,553

164,037

142,951

Outcome:

Penalty paid

303,513

291,902

268,737

279,480

261,279

163,931

112,443

108,558

100,178

81,051

No further action:

73,980

72,249

67,827

73,474

62,775

45,649

30,386

35,782

30,027

23,589

Cautioned & excused payment

17,091

15,405

15,205

14,222

14,900

12,557

7,540

7,914

7,333

5,028

Diplomatic privilege/visitor from abroad

10,296

11,050

10,646

9,428

7,248

2,950

1,026

1,268

1,075

894

Other reasons

46,593

45,794

41,976

49,824

40,627

30,142

21,820

26,600

21,619

17,667

Hearing requested

954

883

807

684

519

251

257

415

751

205

Fine registered

99,874

94,220

87,013

72,398

72,053

48,919

33,585

33,914

32,124

25,931

Percentages 1:

Total notices issued

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

100

Outcome:

Penalty paid

63

64

63

66

66

63

64

61

61

62

No further action:

15

16

16

17

16

18

17

20

18

18

Cautioned & excused payment

4

3

4

3

4

5

4

4

4

4

Diplomatic privilege/visitor from abroad

2

2

3

2

2

1

1

1

1

1

Other reasons

10

10

10

12

10

12

12

15

13

14

Hearing requested

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

*

Fine registered

21

21

21

17

18

19

19

19

20

20

1 Notices where the outcome is outstanding or could not be separately identified are included in the number of total notices but are excluded from the breakdown of outcomes and the percentage calculations. There were 15,349 such notices in 1996, 12,645 in 1997, 37,618 in 1999, 9,316 in 2000 and 5,892 in 2003.
2 Includes 3,399 notices for Lothian & Borders where information on the outcome was estimated.

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