Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2005/06

Table 7
Persons with a charge proved by main penalty, 1996/97-2005/06

Main penalty	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	% change 04/05-05/06
Main penalty	Number
Total	151,565	149,334	137,174	128,104	113,206	121,592	127,765	133,592	134,991	128,442	-5
Custody	16,937	16,299	16,027	15,895	15,656	16,494	17,320	16,567	16,698	15,967	-4
Prison	12,070	11,754	11,456	11,519	11,390	12,413	13,554	13,136	13,483	12,719	-6
Young offenders institution	4,823	4,521	4,547	4,363	4,253	4,067	3,741	3,406	3,195	3,225	1
Other custody	44	24	24	13	13	14	25	25	20	23	15
Community sentence ⁽¹⁾	12,320	12,515	12,921	12,366	12,488	13,800	15,942	15,563	17,005	16,481	-3
Probation	6,604	6,817	7,464	7,258	7,344	8,496	9,438	8,901	9,431	9,033	-4
Community service order	5,705	5,605	5,254	4,776	4,744	4,726	5,279	4,880	5,432	5,329	-2
Supervised attendance order	11	93	78	97	64	58	54	38	43	108	*151*
Restriction of liberty order	0	0	125	230	189	193	743	1,048	1,312	1,198	-9
Drug treatment & testing order	0	0	0	5	147	327	428	696	787	801	2
Financial penalty	105,336	104,399	93,165	85,949	72,191	77,805	80,319	86,586	85,480	80,871	-5
Fine	103,969	103,091	91,904	84,778	71,104	76,641	78,957	84,797	83,764	79,458	-5
Compensation order	1,367	1,308	1,261	1,171	1,087	1,164	1,362	1,789	1,716	1,413	*-18*
Other sentence	16,972	16,121	15,061	13,894	12,871	13,493	14,184	14,876	15,808	15,123	-4
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order	151	160	130	136	128	103	105	131	94	97	3
Caution or admonition	15,582	14,707	13,841	12,647	11,649	12,176	12,828	13,443	14,271	13,725	-4
Absolute discharge	1,045	1,046	914	991	978	1,055	1,020	1,102	1,209	1,050	*-13*
Remit to children's hearing	194	208	176	120	116	159	230	196	221	246	11
Average amount of penalty ¹
Custody (days) ⁴	226	230	224	230	229	228	235	237	221	206
Community service order (hours)	145	151	151	152	152	152	152	152	148	146
Fine ² (£)	159	165	167	172	177	188	206	208	218	212
Compensation order ³ (£)	224	246	252	261	264	234	232	267	280	281
1 Excludes indeterminate/not known sentences. 2. Excludes company fines. 3. As main or secondary penalty. 4. Figure for 2005/06 will be an underestimate.										Percentage
Main penalty	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/00	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06
Total	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Custody	11	11	12	12	14	14	14	12	12	12
Prison	8	8	8	9	10	10	11	10	10	10
Young offenders institution	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3
Other custody	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Community sentence ⁽¹⁾	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	12	13	13
Probation	4	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	7	7
Community service order	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Supervised attendance order	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Restriction of liberty order	-	-	*	*	*	*	1	1	1	1
Drug treatment & testing order	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	*
Financial penalty	69	70	68	67	64	64	63	65	63	63
Fine	69	69	67	66	63	63	62	63	62	62
Compensation order	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Other sentence	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Insanity, hospital, guardianship order	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Caution or admonition	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Absolute discharge	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Remit to children's hearing	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

1. Includes a small number of other sentences.

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