Domestic abuse aggravator sentencing: FOI release
- Published
- 29 January 2024
- Directorate
- Safer Communities Directorate
- Topic
- Law and order, Public sector
- FOI reference
- FOI/202300387623
- Date received
- 30 November 2023
- Date responded
- 15 December 2023
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
- Could you please provide me with the number of people convicted that had a domestic abuse aggravator attached to their charge who received a community payback order following a conviction. Could you please provide this data for the past five calendar years until the date of this request?
- Could you please provide me with the number of people convicted that had a domestic abuse aggravator attached to their charge who received an admonition following a conviction. Could you please provide this data for the past five calendar years until the date of this request?
- Could you please provide me with the number of people convicted that had a domestic abuse aggravator attached to their charge who received an electronic tag following a conviction. Could you please provide this data for the past five calendar years until the date of this request?
Response
Please find the information you requested in the table below. Data from Criminal proceedings in Scotland is only available by financial year, covering a period from 1 April to 31 March, with the latest available data on convictions corresponding to 2021-22.
People convicted with a domestic abuse aggravation recorded, 2017-18 to 2021-22.
|
|
2017-18 |
2018-19 |
2019-20 |
2020-21 |
2021-22 |
|
Community Payback Order |
2,944 |
2,633 |
2,987 |
1,864 |
2,946 |
|
Admonished |
2,837 |
2,597 |
2,484 |
2,156 |
2,424 |
|
Restriction of Liberty Order |
337 |
348 |
460 |
520 |
554 |
Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database.
Please note that data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 are affected by the pandemic, subsequent court closures, reduced court capacity due to physical distancing measures and delays to cases where key participants were forced to self-isolate after testing positive for COVID-19, and should not be considered indicative of long term trends.
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Contact
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Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
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