Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997 Page :7

Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1991/1 Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 1997

Persons called to court by type of court, 1987-1997	Table 3
	Number

Type of court	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

All court types	199,334	197,805	193,162	197,722	200,002	198,038	183,674	178,067	176,423	174,844	171,932

High court¹	1,252	1,062	1,056	1,099	1,227	1,419	1,601	1,228	1,390	1,420	1,356
Sheriff court	104,060	103,866	103,150	101,678	100,013	100,109	96,391	97,579	98,306	100,928	98,867
District court	78,591	81,063	80,153	83,591	87,186	84,704	74,920	68,183	66,037	62,485	61,648
Stipendiary magistrate court	15,431	11,785	8,745	11,300	11,522	11,732	10,472	10,893	10,649	9,973	9,943
Court type unknown	-	29	58	54	54	74	290	184	41	38	118

Per cent

Type of court	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

All court types	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*	*100*

High court¹	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Sheriff court	52	53	53	51	50	51	52	55	56	58	58
District court	39	41	41	42	44	43	41	38	37	36	36
Stipendiary magistrate court	8	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Court type unknown	-	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Index: 1987=100

Type of court	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

All court types	100	99	97	99	100	99	92	89	89	88	86

High court¹	100	85	84	88	98	113	128	98	111	113	108
Sheriff court	100	100	99	98	96	96	93	94	94	97	95
District court	100	103	102	106	111	108	95	87	84	80	78
Stipendiary magistrate court	100	76	57	73	75	76	68	71	69	65	64

1 Including cases remitted to the high court from the sheriff court