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Custodial sentences over 18 months: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
- Published:
- 17 Sep 2020
Date received: 6 Aug 2020
Date responded: 25 Aug 2020
The number of people receiving custodial sentences of 18 months or over for the years 2015/16, 2016/17, 2017/18, 2018/19 and 2019/20.
The answer to your question is provided in the table below.
Number of people receiving custodial sentences of 18 months or over (excluding life sentences), 2015-16 to 2018-19.
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2015-16 |
1,907 |
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2016-17 |
1,954 |
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2017-18 |
1,878 |
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2018-19 |
1,973 |
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Total |
7,712 |
Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database
Number of life sentences are available in Table 10d of the latest Criminal Proceedings publication at the following link:
https://www.gov.scot/publications/criminal-proceedings-scotland-2018-19/pages/29/
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