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Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2015-2016
Statistics on civil justice, which aims to resolve a range of disputes from debt and eviction to divorce.
Table 24: Petitions for judicial review initiated and disposed of 1,2 in the Petition Department of the Court of Session, 2008-09 to 2015-16
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | % change since 2014-15 |
% change since 2008-09 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiated | Judicial review | ||||||||||
| Environmental | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | -75 | z | |
| Housing | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 550 | 550 | |
| Immigrants | 177 | 210 | 266 | 195 | 224 | 231 | 323 | 393 | 22 | 122 | |
| Licensing board | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -100 | z | |
| Planning permission | 5 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | -42 | 40 | |
| Prison authorities | 18 | 107 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 33 | |
| Social security benefits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 200 | z | |
| Other | 30 | 49 | 54 | 31 | 48 | 49 | 39 | 55 | 41 | 83 | |
| Total | 232 | 378 | 342 | 243 | 293 | 308 | 399 | 496 | 24 | 114 | |
| Disposed | Judicial review | ||||||||||
| Environmental | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | z | z | |
| Housing | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 600 | 40 | |
| Immigrants | 153 | 168 | 182 | 267 | 229 | 203 | 229 | 314 | 37 | 105 | |
| Licensing board | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Planning permission | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 71 | 200 | |
| Prison authorities | 15 | 18 | 12 | 95 | 101 | 19 | 10 | 23 | 130 | 53 | |
| Social security benefits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | z | |
| Other | 34 | 32 | 39 | 34 | 26 | 40 | 38 | 43 | 13 | 26 | |
| Total | 212 | 227 | 242 | 412 | 370 | 270 | 287 | 402 | 40 | 90 | |
1. Changes were made to the case types and final disposals recorded by the Court of Session from 2009-10 which affects the ability to compare petition type.
2. Figures for initiations and disposals do not necessarily refer to the same cases.
3. z refers to data not being applicable.
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