Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2005/06

Table 3
Persons with a charge proved by type of court, 1996/97-2005/06

Type of court	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
Type of court	Number
All court types ¹	151,565	149,334	137,174	128,104	113,206	121,592	127,765	133,592	134,991	128,442
High Court ^2,3	1,086	1,126	1,062	1,183	1,099	1,136	1,198	1,206	960	850
Sheriff Solemn	3,140	3,057	3,039	3,048	3,191	3,172	3,464	3,726	3,887	3,328
Sheriff Summary	81,833	79,093	75,323	71,865	66,852	73,072	81,371	81,317	82,145	78,683
District Court ⁴	65,506	66,056	57,750	52,007	42,062	44,208	41,732	47,340	47,998	45,579
Type of court	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
All court types ¹	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	100
High Court ^2,3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sheriff Solemn	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Sheriff Summary	54	53	55	56	59	60	64	61	61	61
District Court ⁴	43	44	42	41	37	36	33	35	36	35
	Index: 1996/97=100
Type of court	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
All court types ¹	100	99	91	85	75	80	84	88	89	85
High Court ^2,3	100	104	98	109	101	105	110	111	88	78
Sheriff Solemn	100	97	97	97	102	101	110	119	124	106
Sheriff Summary	100	97	92	88	82	89	99	99	100	96
District Court ⁴	100	101	88	79	64	67	64	72	73	70

1 Includes court type unknown.
2 Includes cases remitted to the High Court from the Sheriff court.
3 Figure for 2005/06 may be an underestimate due to late recording of disposals on SCRO.
4 Includes the stipendiary magistrates court in Glasgow.

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