Release Calendar

Summary: This bulletin presents statistics on crimes of homicide recorded by the police in Scotland. It covers all cases of murder and culpable homicide, but excludes cases of causing death by dangerous or reckless driving.

Summary: This report brings together statistical material relating to the Terrorism Act 2000 and subsequent legislation, including arrests and their outcomes, as well breakdowns of stops and searches made under the powers of the Terrorism Act 2000.

Summary: This Statistial Bulletin presents information on criminal justice in Wales

Summary: Weekly report on the total population in prison and useable operational capacity of prisons. Published on the HMPS website.

Summary: Quarterly statistical release on high level trends in court sentencing. Quarterly trends on indictable offences are presented for magistrates' courts and the Crown Court for various sub groups based on gender, age and type of disposal.

Summary: Monthly statistical release on the numbers released from prison on end of custody licence and offenders recalled back to prison during the end of custody licence period. The publication contains details on releases by offence group, sentence length, age, ethnic group and establishment, and recalls by reason for recall. These data are now in the Offender Management Statistics Quarterly Bulletins. http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/prisons-and-probation/oms-quarterly/oms-quarterly-editions

Summary: Conditional Cautioning was brought in by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and is operated under a statutory Code of Practice. The Code of Practice requires the Director of Public Prosecutions to issue supporting guidance. Offences suitable for Conditional Cautioning are set out at Annex A of the sixth edition of the DPP’s Guidance. Conditional Cautions are one of a range of out of court disposals and provide an effective, swift and speedy resolution in appropriate cases. At present a Conditional Caution can be administered where an offender aged 18 or over, on admitting the offence, accepts a caution with condition(s). If the conditions are complied with or completed within the timescales determined by the prosecutor, the case is finalised and there is no prosecution. If, however, the conditions are not complied with, a prosecution may follow.

Summary: Presents data on the population in custody with summary figures on the population in prison establishments, police cells, secure children's homes and secure training centres.

Summary: This publication presents statistics on Police Officer Quarterly Strength, which give the number of full-time equivalent police officers employed by the eight Scottish police forces.

Summary: Statistics on offending for the cohort of individuals identified during January to March 2008 as Class A drug misusers through their contact with the criminal justice system.