Hearings in Scottish courts - ethnicity of individuals: analysis

This occasional paper presents new experimental analysis based on the Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service’s management information, on the ethnicity of individuals who were proceeded against and sentenced from April 2016 to February 2023.


Appendix B – Ethnic groups

Ethnic group used in analysis

Ethnicity description in data

White Minority Ethnic

Other White

White Scottish/White Other British

Other White British

White Scottish/White Other British

White British

White Scottish/White Other British

White English

White Minority Ethnic

White Gypsy/Traveller

White Minority Ethnic

White Irish

White Scottish/White Other British

White Northern Ireland

White Minority Ethnic

White Polish

White Scottish/White Other British

White Scottish

White Scottish/White Other British

White Welsh

Mixed or Multiple

Any Mixed Ethnic Group

Asian

Bangladeshi

Asian

Chinese

Asian

Indian

Asian

Other Asian

Asian

Pakistani

African, Caribbean or Black

African

African, Caribbean or Black

Other African

African, Caribbean or Black

Black Scottish or Other Black

African, Caribbean or Black

Caribbean

African, Caribbean or Black

Caribbean or Black

African, Caribbean or Black

Other African, Caribbean or Black

Other

Arab

Other

Other Ethnic Group

Unknown

Unknown

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