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Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2018-2019
The 2018-2019 civil justice statistics in Scotland release includes main statistics tables, figures and supplementary statistics tables.
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Table 25: Petitions for judicial review initiated and disposed of1,2 in the Petition Department of the Court of Session, 2009-10 to 2018-19
| 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | % change since 2017-18 | % change since 2009-10 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiated | Judicial review | ||||||||||||
| Environmental | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | z | z | |
| Housing | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 9 | -40 | 800 | |
| Immigrants | 210 | 266 | 195 | 224 | 231 | 323 | 393 | 262 | 267 | 316 | 18 | 50 | |
| Licensing board | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | z | 0 | |
| Planning permission | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | -17 | -50 | |
| Prison authorities | 107 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 20 | 10 | -50 | -91 | |
| Social security benefits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | -100 | z | |
| Other | 49 | 54 | 31 | 48 | 49 | 39 | 55 | 48 | 45 | 61 | 36 | 24 | |
| Total | 378 | 342 | 243 | 293 | 308 | 399 | 496 | 343 | 357 | 402 | 13 | 6 | |
| Disposed | Judicial review | ||||||||||||
| Environmental | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | z | |
| Housing | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 15 | 10 | -33 | 900 | |
| Immigrants | 168 | 182 | 267 | 229 | 203 | 229 | 314 | 397 | 308 | 365 | 19 | 117 | |
| Licensing board | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | z | -100 | |
| Planning permission | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 3 | -50 | -57 | |
| Prison authorities | 18 | 12 | 95 | 101 | 19 | 10 | 23 | 13 | 24 | 21 | -13 | 17 | |
| Social security benefits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | -80 | z | |
| Other | 32 | 39 | 34 | 26 | 40 | 38 | 43 | 50 | 51 | 48 | -6 | 50 | |
| Total | 227 | 242 | 412 | 370 | 270 | 287 | 402 | 485 | 410 | 449 | 10 | 98 |
1. Changes were made to the case types and final disposals recorded by the Court of Session from 2009-10 which affects the ability to compare petition type.
2. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
3. z refers to data not being applicable.
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