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Ms Roseanna Cunningham
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many criminal cases were dealt with by the procurators fiscal in each of the last 10 years; how many were marked no proceedings in each of these years; and if he will make a statement. [40176]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The number of criminal reports received by procurators fiscal, and the number of reports marked "no proceedings", are as follows:
| Criminal reports received | Cases marked no proceedings | |
| 1985 | 339,317 | 65,580 |
| 1986 | 343,488 | 71,228 |
| 1987 | 338,739 | 59,019 |
| 1988 | 335,304 | 52,497 |
| 1989 | 358,960 | 45,092 |
| 1990 | 357,704 | 40,096 |
| 1991 | 375,298 | 35,434 |
| 1992 | 353,776 | 34,345 |
| 1993 | 283,145 | 41,120 |
| 1994 | 268,722 | 40,614 |
| 1995 | 259,680 | 37,553 |