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Civil justice statistics in Scotland: 2016-2017
The 2016-17 Civil Justice in Scotland release includes main statistics tables and figures and supplementary statistics tables.
Table 24: Petitions for judicial review initiated and disposed of[1,2] in the Petition Department of the Court of Session, 2008-09 to 2016-17
| 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | % change since 2015-16 | % change since 2008-09 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initiated | Judicial review | |||||||||||
| Environmental | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 200 | z | |
| Housing | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | . | 1 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 650 | |
| Immigrants | 177 | 210 | 266 | 195 | 224 | 231 | 323 | 393 | 262 | -33 | 48 | |
| Licensing board | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | z | z | |
| Planning permission | 5 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | -43 | -20 | |
| Prison authorities | 18 | 107 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 24 | 6 | -75 | -67 | |
| Social security benefits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | . | 1 | 3 | 5 | 67 | z | |
| Other | 30 | 49 | 54 | 31 | 48 | 49 | 39 | 55 | 48 | -13 | 60 | |
| Total | 232 | 378 | 342 | 243 | 293 | 308 | 399 | 496 | 343 | -31 | 48 | |
| Disposed | Judicial review | |||||||||||
| Environmental | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | z | |
| Housing | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 143 | 240 | |
| Immigrants | 153 | 168 | 182 | 267 | 229 | 203 | 229 | 314 | 397 | 26 | 159 | |
| Licensing board | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -100 | -100 | |
| Planning permission | 4 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | -58 | 25 | |
| Prison authorities | 15 | 18 | 12 | 95 | 101 | 19 | 10 | 23 | 13 | -43 | -13 | |
| Social security benefits | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100 | z | |
| Other | 34 | 32 | 39 | 34 | 26 | 40 | 38 | 43 | 50 | 16 | 47 | |
| Total | 212 | 227 | 242 | 412 | 370 | 270 | 287 | 402 | 485 | 21 | 129 | |
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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