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Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2006/07

Published: 3 June 2008
Part of: Law and order
ISBN: ISBN97807559

Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07

Table 29: Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences: subsequent outcome, 1997-2006/07

Outcome	1997	1998 ²	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004/05 ³	2005/06 ³	2006/07 ³
Numbers:
Total notices issued ¹	438,681	396,626	296,368	185,987	179,553	164,037	142,951	106,000	99,396	105,305
Outcome:
Penalty paid	279,480	261,279	163,931	112,443	108,558	100,178	81,051	64,708	63,881	69,440
No further action:	73,474	62,775	45,649	30,386	35,782	30,027	23,589	18,343	16,003	16,191
Cautioned & excused payment	14,222	14,900	12,557	7,540	7,914	7,333	5,028	6,014	9,578	9,335
Diplomatic privilege/visitor from abroad	9,428	7,248	2,950	1,026	1,268	1,075	894	628	416	1,555
Other reasons	49,824	40,627	30,142	21,820	26,600	21,619	17,667	11,701	6,009	5,301
Hearing requested	684	519	251	257	415	751	205	65	189	953
Fine registered	72,398	72,053	48,919	33,585	33,914	32,124	25,931	16,287	18,406	18,367
Percentages ¹:
Total notices issued	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Outcome:
Penalty paid	66	66	63	64	61	61	62	65	65	66
No further action:	17	16	18	17	20	18	18	18	16	15
Cautioned & excused payment	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	6	10	9
Diplomatic privilege/visitor from abroad	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	*	1
Other reasons	12	10	12	12	15	13	14	12	6	5
Hearing requested	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	1
Fine registered	17	18	19	19	19	20	20	16	19	18

1 Notices where the outcome is outstanding or could not be separately identified are included in the number of total notices but are excluded from the breakdown of outcomes. and the percentage calculations.
2 Includes 3,399 notices for Lothian & Borders where information on the outcome was estimated.
3 Includes estimated data

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