Scottish criminal courts verdicts statistics: FOI release

Information requested

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An electronic table of national annual totals for number of (i) People/Persons proceeded against, (ii) Acquitted Not Proven, (iii) Acquitted Not Guilty and (iv) Charge Proved (Guilty) verdicts within Scottish criminal courts for the full run from 1969 to 2023-24 (bearing in mind the collection change from calendar year to financial year beginning in 1988-89). If possible, please provide the data in a machinereadable format such as CSV or Excel.

Response

I enclose a copy of all of the information you requested in an MS Excel file (attached).

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• FOI 202600510299 - Information Released - Spreadsheet Excel document 18.4 kB

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