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Publication - Statistics

Prison statistics and population projections Scotland: 2011-12

Published
29 June 2012
ISBN
9781780459189

This publication shows data up to 2011-12 on Scottish prison population levels and characteristics, receptions to/liberations from Scottish prisons, and international comparisons. This year it includes prison population projections to 2020-21 which were previously published separately, as well as additional background information and analyses.

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Fine default receptions by age, sex, sentence length and outstanding fine: 2002-03 to 2011-12 Table A.15

  2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Total 7,908 7,652 6,807 6,221 5,970 3,614 1,507 1,333 1,252 1,163
Under 21 1,074 876 726 771 698 403 185 180 153 117
21 - 30 3,898 3,757 3,184 2,914 2,737 1,704 708 627 588 579
31 - 40 2,072 2,181 1,967 1,733 1,678 1,000 406 350 345 301
41 - 50 666 624 719 617 703 424 171 141 127 128
Over 50 198 214 211 186 154 83 37 35 39 38
Men 7,234 7,017 6,275 5,741 5,527 3,350 1,409 1,243 1,173 1,096
Under 21 1,024 822 693 744 654 385 176 174 149 109
21 - 30 3,539 3,441 2,918 2,681 2,539 1,573 665 582 551 542
31 - 40 1,862 1,980 1,800 1,580 1,532 921 376 324 322 286
41 - 50 623 575 663 563 654 395 158 129 114 122
Over 50 186 199 201 173 148 76 34 34 37 37
Women 674 635 532 480 443 264 98 90 79 67
Under 21 50 54 33 27 44 18 9 6 4 8
21 - 30 359 316 266 233 198 131 43 45 37 37
31 - 40 210 201 167 153 146 79 30 26 23 15
41 - 50 43 49 56 54 49 29 13 12 13 6
Over 50 12 15 10 13 6 7 3 1 2 1
Length of sentence
Less than 7 days 1,252 1,150 1,087 973 915 517 128 83 83 93
7 days 3,338 3,135 2,576 2,332 2,274 1,358 560 541 499 408
8-13 days 923 951 937 855 805 473 155 96 100 103
14 days 1,805 1,798 1,559 1,490 1,401 861 405 375 351 361
15-29 days 490 516 542 485 478 337 213 189 173 158
30-59 days 88 90 94 73 90 59 40 37 38 27
Over 60 days 12 12 12 13 7 9 6 12 8 13
Average sentence imposed (days) 10 11 11 11 11 11 13 15 15 17
Fine outstanding
Less than £50 218 192 174 137 128 73 25 11 14 11
£50 - less than £100 1,147 1,011 834 689 732 438 126 113 107 88
£100 - less than £200 2,578 2,399 2,095 1,892 1,810 1,020 370 307 287 244
£200 - less than £500 3,129 3,184 2,816 2,723 2,555 1,592 660 591 541 532
£500 - less than £1,000 655 701 720 655 626 399 260 238 228 216
£1,000 - less than £2,500 109 110 134 114 110 84 62 59 68 62
£2,500 - less than £5,000 12 8 9 8 5 4 4 6 1 7
£5,000 or more 1 5 3 3 3 2  - 8 6 2
Non-offence 59 42 22  - 1 2  -  -  - 1
Average fine outstanding (£) 249 263 278 277 277 286 339 536 1,181 481

Notes: Receptions do not equate to persons received since someone receiving a custodial sentence after a period on remand, or several custodial sentences at different times or from different courts, will be counted more than once. Counting conventions and fine default are described in more detail in Section 5. A breakdown by crime type is shown in the web tables accompanying this publication (Table A.15a).

Contact

Email: JusticeStatistics@scotland.gsi.gov.uk

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