Statistics Bulletin CrJ/2005/8 PRISON STATISTICS SCOTLAND, 2004/05

Table 11
Sentenced receptions ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ to penal establishments by sentencing court, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number

Sentencing court	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total receptions	23,448	21,853	22,224	20,157	18,945	18,773	19,875	19,092	18,305
High	959	934	988	1,070	979	1,047	1,221	1,238	947
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	16,170	14,743	15,207	14,243	13,598	13,828	14,764	14,032	14,131
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	6,269	6,094	5,936	4,756	4,236	3,779	3,804	3,712	3,123
Other	50	82	93	88	132	119	86	110	104
	Percentage ⁽³⁾
Total receptions (=100%)	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
High	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	5
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	69	67	68	71	72	74	74	73	77
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	27	28	27	24	22	20	19	19	17
Other	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1

(1) Excludes receptions of people recalled from supervision/ license as court details are normally unavailable
(2) See Note 6 of Annex.
(3) Due to rounding of figures some percentage totals may not add to 100.

Table 11A
Sentenced receptions ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ of males to penal establishments by sentencing court, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number

Sentencing court	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total receptions	22,182	20,642	20,800	18,951	17,765	17,575	18,571	17,752	16,998
High	927	910	954	1,024	944	998	1,161	1,176	913
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	15,599	14,176	14,499	13,531	12,915	13,040	13,904	13,148	13,139
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	5,608	5,476	5,256	4,313	3,777	3,427	3,422	3,321	2,845
Other	48	80	91	83	129	110	84	107	101
	Percentage ⁽³⁾
Total receptions (=100%)	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
High	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	5
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	70	69	70	71	73	74	75	74	77
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	25	27	25	23	21	19	18	19	17
Other	*	*	*	*	1	1	*	1	1

See footnotes to Table 11

Table 11B
Sentenced receptions ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ of females to penal establishments by sentencing court, 1996/97 - 2004/05

Number

Sentencing court	1996/97	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05
Total receptions	1,266	1,211	1,424	1,206	1,180	1,198	1,304	1,340	1,307
High	32	24	34	46	35	49	60	62	34
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	571	567	708	712	683	788	860	884	992
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	661	618	680	443	459	352	382	391	278
Other	2	2	2	5	3	9	2	3	3
	Percentage ⁽³⁾
Total receptions (=100%)	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*
High	3	2	2	4	3	4	5	5	3
Sheriff (solemn & summary procedure)	45	47	50	59	58	66	66	66	76
District & Stipendiary Magistrate	52	51	48	37	39	29	29	29	21
Other	*	*	*	*	*	1	*	*	0

See footnotes to Table 11

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