PQ Response Alison McInnes 12 12 2013

• SA4-18211 - To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalty notices issued under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 since May 2007 remain unpaid
• S4W-18210 - To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of fixed penalty notices has been treated as fines in terms of section 303 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in each year since May 2007
• S4W-18209 - To ask the Scottish Government in relation to what percentage of fixed penalty notices the recipient has sent a notice to the clerk of court as provided for in section 302(2)(ca) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in each year since May 2007
• S4W-18208 - To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalty notices have been challenged by the recipient under section 302(2)(ca) of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in each year since May 2007
• S4W-18207 - To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalty notices have been issued under section 302 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 in each year since May 2007
• S4W-18205 - To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalty notices issued under Part 11 of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 since May 2007 remain unpaid
• S4W-18204 - To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of fixed penalty notices has been registered as fines in terms of section 131(5) of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 in each year since May 2007
• S4W-18203 - To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of fixed penalty notices has been paid before the 28-day period specified in the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 in each year since May 2007
• S4W-18202 - To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalty notices have been challenged by the recipient under section 131(3) of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 in each year since May 2007
• S4W-18201 - To ask the Scottish Government how many fixed penalty notices have been issued by the police under section 129 of the Antisocial Behaviour etc. (Scotland) Act 2004 in each year since May 2007

PQ Response Lewis Macdonald 28 08 2013

• S4W-16559 - To ask how many sheriff court trials have been (a) abandoned and (b) delayed in each month since April 2007?

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PQ Response Lewis Macdonald 08 07 2013

• S4W-15741 - To ask how much income (a) Justice of the Peace court fines, (b) fiscal direct penalties and (c) police antisocial behaviour penalties generated for the Scottish Court Service in 2012-13 and are expected to generate in 2013-14

PQ Response Lewis Macdonald 27 03 2013

• S4W-13370 - To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12215 by Kenny MacAskill on 8 February 2013, how many (a) High Court fines, (b) Sheriff Court fines, (c) Justice of the Peace Court fines, (d) District Court fines, (e) Stipendary Magistrate Court fines and (f) fiscal direct penalties imposed for common assault since 2007 (a) have been paid (i) in full and (ii) in part and (b) are unpaid.
• S4W-13371 - To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12215 by Kenny MacAskill on 8 February 2013, how many (a) High Court fines, (b) Sheriff Court fines, (c) Justice of the Peace Court fines, (d) District Court fines, (e) Stipendary Magistrate Court fines and (f) fiscal direct penalties for drugs offences since 2007 (a) have been paid (i) in full and (ii) in part (b) are unpaid.

PQ Response Lewis Macdonald 18 01 2013

• S4W-11888 - To ask how many alleged offenders have been taken to court because of a failure to pay a fiscal direct penalty in each year since 2009.
• S4W-11866 - To ask which parts of the declaration of income form must be completed by an alleged offender who has accepted a fiscal direct penalty and whether completion of the form is mandatory.
• S4W-11865 - To ask whether the Scottish Court Service uses (a) seizure of vehicle, (b) earning arrestment, (c) deduction of benefit and (d) arrestment of funds orders to secure payment of fiscal direct penalties.
• S4W-11864 - To ask how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged due to the alleged offender being given a (a) supervised attendance order, (b) community service or payback order and (c) prison sentence in relation to a person's failure to pay such penalties in each year since 2009.
• S4W-11863 - To ask how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged due to the alleged offence being given a (a) supervised attendance order, (b) a community service or payback order or (c) a prison sentence in relation to a separate offence in each year since 2009.
• S4W-11862 - To ask how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged due to the alleged offender being give a (a) supervised attendance order, (b) community service or payback order and (c) prison sentence in relation to the offence in each year since 2009.
• S4W-11859 - To ask how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged due to them be (a) refused, (b) recalled and (c) withdrawn in each year since 2009.
• S4W-11858 - To ask how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged due to the death of the alleged offender in each year since 2009.

PQ Response Sarah Boyack 10 07 2013

•  S4W-15786 - To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it or the Scottish Court Service has carried out regarding the impact on accessibility of the proposed closure of sheriff courts.
• S4W-15787 - To ask the Scottish Government what the staffing implications are for Edinburgh Sheriff Court of the closure of Haddington and Peebles sheriff courts.
• S4W-15788 - To ask the Scottish Government what investment will be required to increase the capacity at Edinburgh Sheriff Court as a result of the proposed closure of Haddington and Peebles sheriff courts.
• S4W-15789 - To ask the Scottish Government, in relation to the proposed closure of sheriff courts, what representations it or the Scottish Court Service has received regarding accessibility for disabled people (a) travelling to sheriff courts and (b) in the buildings housing sheriff courts.

PQ Response Richard Simpson 19 04 2013

• S4W-13821 - To ask how much money has been confiscated by the courts in each of the last five years following convictions for (i) the illegal sale of and (ii) selling illicit tobacco.

PQ Response Neil Findlay 04 04 2013

• S4W-13653 - To ask what the annual cost has been of paying expenses and other costs to witnesses and jurors for attending court since 2007, broken down by type of court.
• S4W-13654 - To ask how much (a) jurors and (b) witnesses are entitled to in (i) expenses and (ii) compensation for lost wages for attending court.

PQ Response Neil Findlay 22 02 13

• S4W-12295 - To ask how many court cases have been cancelled in each year since 2007 and how many were cancelled due to lack of court time, also broken down by Sheriffdom.
• S4W-12301 - To ask how many High Court cases have been cancelled due to a lack of court time in each year since 2007.
• S4W-12304 - To ask what the cost has been of providing court support services for trials that did not take place in each year since 2007.
• S4W-12305 - To ask what the cost has been of providing court support services for trials that did not take place due to lack of court time and had to be rescheduled in each year since 2007.
• S4W-12308 - To ask how many working days have been lost by (a) witnesses, (b) legal aid lawyers and (c) court staff attending court for trials that were cancelled due to lack of court time in each year since 2007.
• S4W-12309 - To ask how many working days have been lost by (a) witnesses, (b) legal aid lawyers and (c) court staff attending court for trials that were cancelled due to lack of court time in each year since 2007.

PQ Response Margaret Mitchell 09 01 2013

• S4W-11789 - To ask how many (a) courts have been affected and (b) cases have been delayed by strike action by solicitors in November and December 2012.