– Scottish Parliament written question – answered on 21st January 2003.
Gil Paterson
Scottish National Party
Question S1W-33002
To ask the Scottish Executive how many applications there have been for interdicts under sections 8 to 11 of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 in each year since 1999, broken down by sheriff court area.
Jim Wallace
Liberal Democrat
Statistics are available for certain proceedings under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. These do not specify whether interdict was applied for but, as shown below, give the numbers of applications for non-harassment orders and the numbers of orders granted.
Number of Non-Harassment Orders: Totals for Scotland
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | |
Applied for | 277 | 108 | 72 | 72 |
Granted | 76 | 18 | 21 | 36 |
The numbers of applications lodged, broken down for all the sheriff courts in Scotland, are not available.
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