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Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics 2005-06

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Table 7 Social Enquiry Reports (1) by type of Court, 2001-02 to 2005-06
Number and Per cent of Reports

Type of Court

Reports Requested

Reports Submitted

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05 (2)

2005-06 (3)

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06 (3)

Number

Courts within Scotland

High/Appeal

1,722

1,894

1,380

901

814

1,446

1,516

1,208

808

758

Sheriff Solemn

3,552

2,290

2,465

4,194

2,965

3,141

2,026

2,196

3,715

2,644

Sheriff Summary

31,951

37,938

38,729

39,500

44,071

27,684

32,224

33,690

33,951

36,872

Stipendiary

1,372

1,196

1,407

889

636

1,166

991

1,256

676

458

District

1,406

1,396

1,079

1,129

1,415

1,137

1,150

957

922

1,131

Total within Scotland

40,003

44,714

45,060

46,613

49,901

34,574

37,907

39,307

40,072

41,863

Outwith Scotland

245

244

214

221

249

206

216

185

193

180

Total SERs

40,248

44,958

45,274

46,834

50,150

34,780

38,123

39,492

40,265

42,043

Total Supplementary SERs submitted

4,715

3,553

3,868

5,964

6,701

Number of SERs (excluding Supplementary SERs)

30,065

34,570

35,624

34,301

35,342

Courts within Scotland

High/Appeal

4.3

4.2

3.0

1.9

1.6

4.2

4.0

3.1

2.0

1.8

Sheriff Solemn

8.8

5.1

5.4

9.0

5.9

9.0

5.3

5.6

9.2

6.3

Sheriff Summary

79.4

84.4

85.5

84.3

87.9

79.6

84.5

85.3

84.3

87.7

Stipendiary

3.4

2.7

3.1

1.9

1.3

3.4

2.6

3.2

1.7

1.1

District

3.5

3.1

2.4

2.4

2.8

3.3

3.0

2.4

2.3

2.7

Total within Scotland

99.4

99.5

99.5

99.5

99.5

99.4

99.4

99.5

99.5

99.6

Outwith Scotland

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.6

0.6

0.5

0.5

0.4

Total SERs

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

100.0

1. Includes Supplementary Reports (see Annex, paragraph 19.6).
2. Figures for Renfrewshire on SERs requested have been revised since the 2004-05 publication. Total is therefore lower than previously published.
3. Includes estimated data for West Dunbartonshire and a small amount of estimated data for Glasgow City in 2005-06.

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