Statistical Bulletin CrJ/2005/4: Criminal Justice Series: CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2003: page 28

CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2003

Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences: subsequent outcome, 1994-2003

Table 24

Outcome	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998 ²	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Numbers:
Total notices issued ¹	478,321	459,254	439,733	438,681	396,626	296,368	185,987	179,553	164,037	142,951
Outcome:
Penalty paid	303,513	291,902	268,737	279,480	261,279	163,931	112,443	108,558	100,178	81,051

No further action:	73,980	72,249	67,827	73,474	62,775	45,649	30,386	35,782	30,027	23,589
Cautioned & excused payment	17,091	15,405	15,205	14,222	14,900	12,557	7,540	7,914	7,333	5,028
Diplomatic privilege/visitor from abroad	10,296	11,050	10,646	9,428	7,248	2,950	1,026	1,268	1,075	894
Other reasons	46,593	45,794	41,976	49,824	40,627	30,142	21,820	26,600	21,619	17,667

Hearing requested	954	883	807	684	519	251	257	415	751	205

Fine registered	99,874	94,220	87,013	72,398	72,053	48,919	33,585	33,914	32,124	25,931
Percentages ¹:
Total notices issued	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
Outcome:
Penalty paid	63	64	63	66	66	63	64	61	61	62

No further action:	15	16	16	17	16	18	17	20	18	18
Cautioned & excused payment	4	3	4	3	4	5	4	4	4	4
Diplomatic privilege/visitor from abroad	2	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1
Other reasons	10	10	10	12	10	12	12	15	13	14

Hearing requested	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Fine registered	21	21	21	17	18	19	19	19	20	20

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. There were 15,349 such notices in 1996, 12,645 in 1997, 37,618 in 1999, 9,316 in 2000 and 5,892 in 2003.
2 Includes 3,399 notices for Lothian & Borders where information on the outcome was estimated.

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