Analysis of prosecutions and convictions under Section 127 of the Communications Act 2003: FOI release

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Number of people prosecuted/convicted under the section 127 of the Communications Act 2003 (2015 to 2019).

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Number of people prosecuted under section 127 of the COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003, where main charge, 2008-09 to 2017-18.

	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14	2014-15	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003 SECTION 127(1)(A)	370	499	654	692	685	867	832	840	634	503
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003 SECTION 127(1)(B)	34	35	44	53	51	63	62	75	52	46
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003 SECTION 127(2)(A)	39	25	29	22	38	32	23	21	29	17
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003 SECTION 127(2)(B)	3	1	5	8	2	9	4	5	6	-
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003 SECTION 127(2)(C)	117	112	162	102	138	140	132	104	97	78
Total prosecuted	563	672	894	877	914	1,111	1,053	1,045	818	644

Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database.

Number of people convicted under section 127 of the COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003, where main charge, 2008-09 to 2017-18.

	2008- 09	2009- 10	2010- 11	2011- 12	2012- 13	2013- 14	2014- 15	2015- 16	2016- 17	2017- 18
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003 SECTION 127(1)(A)	340	461	578	588	619	760	722	719	560	440
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003 SECTION 127(1)(B)	29	27	40	45	49	53	55	64	44	39
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003 SECTION 127(2)(A)	37	24	27	21	36	26	22	19	21	16
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003 SECTION 127(2)(B)	2	1	5	8	2	8	4	5	6	-
COMMUNICATIONS ACT 2003 SECTION 127(2)(C)	111	105	153	98	131	127	115	94	90	72
Total convicted	519	618	803	760	837	974	918	901	721	567

Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database.

Please note: the data provided is by the financial year. Information for 2018-19 will not be available until publication of the Criminal Proceedings in Scotland, 2018-19 Statistical Bulletin. The dates of all Scottish Government Official and National Statistics publications are pre-announced, and the up to date list of future publications can be found at: https://www2.gov.scot/Topics/Statistics/ForthcomingPubs

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