The Scottish Government

REFERRALS TO PROCURATOR FISCAL - TIME TAKEN

<3 MONTHS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

9

6

22

25

13

22

250

8

355

1997/98

11

4

32

25

13

4

223

4

316

1998/99

9

6

15

19

23

26

277

10

385

1999/00

5

6

7

9

15

18

342

21

423

2000/01

4

6

12

11

26

17

78

11

165

2001/02

27

1

13

0

24

34

48

13

160

2002/03

12

3

18

8

14

16

83

21

175

2003/04

4

11

9

10

22

12

117

6

191

2004/05

14

4

15

16

24

27

170

13

283

2005/06

5

6

16

1

35

28

156

17

264

<6 MONTHS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

36

6

19

17

40

7

135

28

288

1997/98

37

14

0

15

21

26

125

41

279

1998/99

21

8

16

27

24

23

106

36

261

1999/00

11

14

10

23

45

15

140

29

287

2000/01

16

11

25

42

73

20

199

49

435

2001/02

34

22

27

25

65

22

237

48

480

2002/03

9

6

26

17

72

16

178

65

389

2003/04

19

6

22

21

32

24

184

81

389

2004/05

11

6

30

25

32

24

317

40

485

2005/06

18

4

24

13

30

29

240

28

386

<9 MONTHS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

8

4

2

7

51

3

24

14

113

1997/98

17

2

0

4

39

7

28

9

106

1998/99

18

4

3

2

26

7

37

8

105

1999/00

15

2

4

17

39

12

17

15

121

2000/01

13

0

5

23

43

11

47

9

151

2001/02

11

2

5

25

42

9

118

23

235

2002/03

6

7

9

12

47

12

146

7

246

2003/04

17

1

15

30

34

17

103

13

230

2004/05

9

4

19

14

13

15

89

2

165

2005/06

9

1

9

12

12

10

71

16

140

>9MONTHS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

3

2

5

5

41

1

6

14

77

1997/98

11

1

0

1

54

0

3

6

76

1998/99

5

1

0

1

48

11

1

6

73

1999/00

14

2

4

13

45

7

1

13

99

2000/01

40

0

2

14

40

3

18

6

123

2001/02

9

0

1

7

25

0

32

6

80

2002/03

10

2

2

6

31

5

55

18

129

2003/04

50

1

9

28

24

41

68

7

228

2004/05

27

2

2

21

21

16

89

3

181

2005/06

13

0

15

10

6

9

48

9

110

TOTAL

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

56

18

48

54

145

33

415

64

833

1997/98

76

21

32

45

127

37

379

60

777

1998/99

53

19

34

49

121

67

421

60

824

1999/00

45

24

25

62

144

52

500

78

930

2000/01

73

17

44

90

182

51

342

75

874

2001/02

81

25

46

57

156

65

435

90

955

2002/03

37

18

55

43

164

49

462

111

939

2003/04

90

19

55

89

112

94

472

107

1038

2004/05

61

16

66

76

90

82

665

58

1114

2005/06

45

11

64

36

83

76

515

70

900

NON-REFERRALS TO PROCURATOR FISCAL - TIME TAKEN

<3 MONTHS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

15

9

56

129

61

5

105

40

420

1997/98

10

2

2

169

63

0

63

45

354

1998/99

14

2

33

197

96

0

42

26

410

1999/00

10

1

36

137

98

0

24

14

320

2000/01

1

2

35

52

89

4

74

40

297

2001/02

71

13

148

58

403

24

520

198

1435

2002/03

60

13

154

190

371

44

438

169

1439

2003/04

89

51

131

121

318

48

547

190

1495

2004/05

70

45

108

107

310

50

634

156

1480

2005/06

76

34

90

133

342

100

605

189

1569

<6 MONTHS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

1

3

1

4

20

0

17

8

54

1997/98

10

0

1

15

24

0

18

6

74

1998/99

11

1

0

31

35

0

6

4

88

1999/00

10

3

7

29

61

0

3

3

116

2000/01

5

1

9

29

51

0

34

7

136

2001/02

7

7

17

12

75

0

75

31

224

2002/03

3

4

20

17

99

4

72

20

239

2003/04

1

11

16

40

85

15

60

14

242

2004/05

11

15

21

46

40

9

45

9

196

2005/06

13

6

16

35

25

6

25

13

139

<9 MONTHS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

1

0

0

0

1

0

4

1

7

1997/98

0

0

0

0

6

0

4

3

13

1998/99

2

0

0

1

8

0

2

0

13

1999/00

7

2

2

7

21

0

1

0

40

2000/01

4

0

6

6

18

0

11

0

45

2001/02

1

1

0

0

17

0

16

3

38

2002/03

0

2

0

2

30

0

17

5

56

2003/04

2

2

7

12

22

3

17

2

67

2004/05

5

1

4

10

7

3

10

4

44

2005/06

2

5

11

9

4

4

11

4

50

>9MONTHS

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

1

1997/98

1

0

0

1

4

0

0

0

6

1998/99

2

0

0

1

14

0

0

1

18

1999/00

4

0

1

4

18

0

0

3

30

2000/01

11

0

1

7

12

0

4

0

35

2001/02

0

0

0

5

9

0

5

0

19

2002/03

0

2

1

1

12

0

13

2

31

2003/04

7

0

2

6

24

0

13

6

58

2004/05

4

2

2

10

3

1

8

3

33

2005/06

3

1

10

5

5

5

11

4

44

TOTAL

Central

Dumfries and Galloway

Fife

Grampian

Lothian and Borders

Northern

Strathclyde

Tayside

Scotland

1996/97

17

12

57

133

82

5

127

49

482

1997/98

21

2

3

185

97

0

85

54

447

1998/99

29

3

33

230

153

0

50

31

529

1999/00

31

6

46

177

198

0

28

20

506

2000/01

21

3

51

94

170

4

123

47

513

2001/02

79

21

165

75

504

24

616

232

1716

2002/03

63

21

175

210

512

48

540

196

1765

2003/04

99

64

156

179

449

66

637

212

1862

2004/05

90

63

135

173

360

63

697

172

1753

2005/06

94

46

127

182

376

115

652

210

1802