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[null,"National overview of criminal court cases in Scotland",null,"2020-04-01","2020-05-01","2020-06-01","2020-07-01","2020-08-01","2020-09-01","2020-10-01","2020-11-01","2020-12-01","2021-01-01","2021-02-01","2021-03-01","2021-04-01","2021-05-01","2021-06-01","2021-07-01","2021-08-01","2021-09-01","2021-10-01","2021-11-01","2021-12-01","2022-01-01","2022-02-01","2022-03-01","2022-04-01","2022-05-01","2022-06-01","2022-07-01","2022-08-01","2022-09-01","2022-10-01","2022-11-01","2022-12-01","2023-01-01","2023-02-01","2023-03-01","2023-04-01","2023-05-01","2023-06-01","2023-07-01","2023-08-01","2023-09-01","2023-10-01","2023-11-01","2023-12-01","2024-01-01","2024-02-01","2023/24 YTD",null,"2019/20","2019/20  monthly average"]
[null,"All Criminal courts","National total of cases registered (not including petitions) ",5306,4561,5720,8558,7643,7333,6903,6050,5858,5703,5465,7560,7505,6909,7136,6743,7214,7124,7166,7399,7235,6894,6233,8009,6814,7686,8043,6869,7664,6234,6476,7701,6060,7233,6871,8208,7217,7764,7661,7104,8378,7801,7936,8665,6439,8946,7891,85802,null,105548,8795.6666666666661]
[null,null,"National total of cases that called at a first hearing",3401,3843,3864,8401,7799,7040,6641,5861,6020,6013,4012,6596,6058,5829,6663,7111,6837,6856,7018,7141,7151,6998,5441,7885,6937,7565,7572,6874,7485,6436,5731,7337,6449,6756,6148,8102,6961,7159,7381,6780,7721,7553,7555,8190,6387,8298,7391,81376,null,100922,8410.1666666666661]
[null,null,"National total of cases that called at a continued first hearing",2023,2320,2724,3896,7105,8751,7686,6799,6372,5434,2421,4453,4541,6260,7980,8583,6724,5455,4575,4610,4377,4252,4621,4249,4570,4601,4195,4455,4279,4378,3620,3727,3893,3812,3710,3926,3827,4313,3987,3809,4088,3747,4388,4398,4304,4262,4758,45881,null,36514,3042.8333333333335]
[null,null,"National total of Section 76 (Solemn business only)",55,60,77,99,108,128,98,92,82,65,84,81,88,108,120,101,105,93,74,97,98,79,113,109,102,101,102,108,126,99,87,105,105,90,102,112,84,115,122,128,141,121,137,155,91,113,118,1325,null,1142,95.166666666666671]
[null,null,"National total of intermediate diets called (Summary business only)",3402,2356,827,2706,8717,9188,9359,8003,7740,9143,6708,7397,6982,7182,7983,8482,10084,10501,6398,10059,8927,10866,10420,11243,9742,10373,10062,9803,10598,10707,9423,9360,7496,9799,9060,8676,7134,8996,8316,7948,8803,8376,9015,8646,6599,9789,8990,92612,null,89847,7487.25]
[null,null,"National total of trials called ",1019,476,192,355,2811,3950,3980,4386,3868,4882,1200,3101,3167,3649,4577,5062,5917,6778,5449,4420,5882,5648,6472,8276,6556,7431,6820,6134,7457,6901,6897,7273,5307,6714,6423,7192,4931,5771,5759,5135,5960,5322,6137,6112,4421,5965,6216,61729,null,54744,4562]
[null,null,"National total of trials called where evidence was led",5,9,24,84,320,526,575,627,512,276,186,401,470,558,622,583,664,775,626,541,549,536,754,827,691,830,696,620,791,716,775,842,602,778,828,882,595,707,753,641,795,681,705,825,559,769,853,7883,null,10121,843.41666666666663]
[null,null,"National total of trials adjourned due to lack of court time",0,0,0,8,24,50,65,63,103,15,10,33,75,92,116,96,130,123,140,94,100,71,121,101,129,139,132,95,152,144,125,167,124,172,160,174,143,160,116,123,158,129,103,132,140,132,197,1533,null,1574,131.16666666666666]
[null,null,"Percentage of trials adjourned due to lack of court time",0,0,0,2.2535211267605635E-2,8.5378868729989333E-3,1.2658227848101266E-2,1.6331658291457288E-2,1.4363885088919288E-2,2.6628748707342297E-2,3.0725112658746417E-3,8.3333333333333332E-3,1.0641728474685586E-2,2.3681717713924851E-2,2.5212386955330228E-2,2.5344111863666158E-2,1.8964836033188465E-2,2.1970593206016562E-2,1.8146946001770435E-2,2.5692787667461921E-2,2.1266968325791856E-2,1.7001020061203673E-2,1.2570821529745042E-2,1.869592088998764E-2,1.220396326727888E-2,1.9676632092739475E-2,1.8705423227021935E-2,1.935483870967742E-2,1.5487447016628627E-2,2.0383532251575701E-2,2.0866541081002752E-2,1.8123821951573148E-2,2.2961638938539804E-2,2.3365366497079328E-2,2.5618111408996128E-2,2.4910477969796046E-2,2.4193548387096774E-2,2.9000202798620971E-2,2.772483105181078E-2,2.0142385830873414E-2,2.3953261927945474E-2,2.6510067114093958E-2,2.4239007891770012E-2,1.6783444679810983E-2,2.1596858638743454E-2,3.1667043655281613E-2,2.2129086336965632E-2,3.1692406692406694E-2,2.483435662330509E-2,null,2.875200935262312E-2,2.8752009352623117E-2]
[null,null,"National total of cases concluded",637,1048,1658,3181,6034,7187,6681,6641,6208,3327,2465,3908,4412,5274,7444,8283,8330,8558,6990,6961,6875,6419,7642,9163,8057,9227,8576,8085,9098,8075,8045,8680,6698,8149,7998,8983,6855,7829,7627,7081,8056,7342,8144,8330,6338,8262,8560,84424,null,101790,8482.5]
[null,null,"National total of trials scheduled at end of period",18074,20236,22437,25900,28351,30956,32427,33590,34283,35067,36037,37801,39488,40882,42451,43341,43526,42550,42756,43597,43016,43606,42503,40923,39958,38499,37174,36184,34734,33594,31562,30588,30305,29286,28029,27406,27725,28076,28073,28042,27851,27911,27360,27262,27565,27356,26736,26736,null,18355,18355]
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[null,"High Court ","Indictments registered ",77,85,69,63,46,68,60,32,48,65,64,90,55,43,57,66,37,57,69,54,69,68,90,80,77,70,77,72,82,97,84,84,69,66,67,94,59,55,89,59,84,79,85,98,65,100,69,842,null,1024,85.333333333333329]
[null,null,"Indictments called at Preliminary Hearing",12,2,78,172,77,65,60,52,38,47,56,66,69,49,55,35,40,37,59,29,47,64,60,94,99,66,70,80,67,71,88,90,78,67,70,91,70,81,73,79,74,62,81,84,68,84,83,839,null,981,81.75]
[null,null,"Indictments called at Continued Preliminary Hearing",5,5,30,76,98,115,97,78,72,87,66,62,62,57,66,57,89,82,63,57,49,49,36,49,48,46,41,44,41,35,45,53,38,42,39,36,35,33,36,39,35,33,47,48,26,36,47,415,null,437,36.416666666666664]
[null,null,"Section 76 Indictments",6,6,5,6,5,15,6,9,3,7,11,5,5,4,10,6,7,7,4,7,6,5,8,9,7,9,8,5,15,4,7,6,8,10,10,10,3,11,17,7,12,15,8,7,6,11,6,103,null,94,7.833333333333333]
[null,null,"Trials called ",0,0,0,4,14,26,42,58,47,56,67,66,46,60,67,58,74,64,65,81,38,62,64,73,73,87,83,64,82,86,92,79,42,58,67,81,71,88,94,70,76,84,82,82,40,70,75,832,null,812,67.666666666666671]
[null,null,"Trials called where evidence was led",0,0,0,4,14,18,28,49,29,43,42,51,34,43,47,48,55,47,54,63,30,47,54,55,50,56,53,42,56,48,51,55,30,53,53,64,52,70,68,49,62,57,60,62,32,59,56,627,null,498,41.5]
[null,null,"Trials adjourned due to lack of court time",0,0,0,0,0,0,2,1,9,0,0,0,3,5,3,2,2,1,0,0,0,0,0,4,6,4,3,1,1,2,1,0,2,0,1,3,0,0,4,0,1,12,0,0,2,0,5,24,null,49,4.083333333333333]
[null,null,"Percentage of trials adjourned due to lack of court time",0,0,0,0,0,0,4.7619047619047616E-2,1.7241379310344827E-2,0.19148936170212766,0,0,0,6.5217391304347824E-2,8.3333333333333329E-2,4.4776119402985072E-2,3.4482758620689655E-2,2.7027027027027029E-2,1.5625E-2,0,0,0,0,0,5.4794520547945202E-2,8.2191780821917804E-2,4.5977011494252873E-2,3.614457831325301E-2,1.5625E-2,1.2195121951219513E-2,2.3255813953488372E-2,1.0869565217391304E-2,0,4.7619047619047616E-2,0,1.4925373134328358E-2,3.7037037037037035E-2,0,0,4.2553191489361701E-2,0,1.3157894736842105E-2,0.14285714285714285,0,0,0.05,0,6.6666666666666666E-2,2.8846153846153848E-2,null,6.0344827586206899E-2,6.0344827586206885E-2]
[null,null,"Indictments concluded",7,9,14,32,35,20,39,54,54,55,72,64,53,58,62,58,76,62,70,82,56,45,57,77,66,73,74,66,62,69,70,71,54,57,66,87,71,92,110,75,87,83,94,86,61,68,84,911,null,806,67.166666666666671]
[null,null,"Average time between pleading diet and evidence led trial, where evidence led trial occurred in the period shown (weeks)",20,"N/A","N/A",21,34,35,50,52,54,52,54,66,58,51,50,55,51,54,50,51,57,62,48,48,49,53,46,46,49,46,52,43,49,54,53,50,49,45,43,43,46,48,39,48,46,49,49,49,null,null,22.1]
[null,null,"Trials scheduled at end of period",390,390,390,386,375,360,335,291,250,215,247,267,292,304,313,325,432,385,444,476,516,534,535,560,609,613,613,637,636,641,657,654,698,703,681,687,673,680,654,665,656,651,641,650,649,671,678,678,null,390,390]
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[null,"Sheriff Court - Solemn business","Petitions registered",641,844,1032,1068,1081,1061,935,890,786,771,896,1071,1011,945,953,989,1059,944,897,1090,848,1025,942,1066,952,984,997,904,1019,913,986,933,822,981,1095,1113,907,987,1034,1058,1018,847,877,871,795,865,933,10192,null,9780,815]
[null,null,"Indictments registered",219,319,355,467,496,494,492,414,428,379,378,410,441,532,471,520,447,481,479,541,450,425,525,447,421,535,439,547,505,460,458,522,435,529,513,574,544,676,686,619,665,590,699,635,546,594,579,6833,null,5452,454.33333333333331]
[null,null,"Indictments called at First Diet",311,234,222,322,341,538,467,424,433,464,370,469,432,443,496,468,485,419,450,487,428,481,430,614,450,492,566,532,608,529,491,558,463,600,474,577,539,554,517,530,683,568,549,548,462,588,497,6035,null,5114,426.16666666666669]
[null,null,"Indictments called at Continued First Diet",125,127,119,464,486,539,525,724,828,844,868,1017,907,869,898,866,771,730,681,791,564,573,630,687,628,662,511,520,575,527,463,494,364,441,384,362,342,401,372,315,366,346,383,347,221,317,359,3769,null,2963,246.91666666666666]
[null,null,"Section 76 indictments",49,54,72,93,103,113,92,83,79,58,73,76,83,104,110,95,98,86,70,90,92,74,105,100,95,92,94,103,111,95,80,99,97,80,92,102,81,104,105,121,129,106,129,148,85,102,112,1222,null,1048,87.333333333333329]
[null,null,"Trials called  ",91,33,31,37,146,119,73,147,78,161,285,388,362,368,383,340,392,396,393,273,263,368,433,488,425,487,458,426,537,498,548,571,382,494,577,594,487,642,616,592,624,536,653,593,378,534,624,6279,null,3142,261.83333333333331]
[null,null,"Trials called where evidence was led",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,11,30,56,100,84,82,88,76,83,95,70,48,52,56,78,95,75,94,73,70,93,100,72,117,65,82,103,117,87,113,125,100,121,116,116,114,67,94,115,1168,null,1134,94.5]
[null,null,"Trials adjourned due to lack of court time",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,9,22,29,30,17,25,23,21,34,18,28,13,24,31,37,54,71,39,51,86,36,43,40,42,23,58,27,31,17,18,21,19,17,23,32,15,29,249,null,57,4.75]
[null,null,"Percentage of trials adjourned due to lack of court time",0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2.4844720496894408E-2,3.1578947368421054E-2,5.6701030927835051E-2,8.0110497237569064E-2,8.1521739130434784E-2,4.4386422976501305E-2,7.3529411764705885E-2,5.8673469387755105E-2,5.3030303030303032E-2,8.6513994910941472E-2,6.5934065934065936E-2,0.10646387832699619,3.5326086956521736E-2,5.5427251732101619E-2,6.3524590163934427E-2,8.7058823529411758E-2,0.11088295687885011,0.15502183406113537,9.154929577464789E-2,9.4972067039106142E-2,0.17269076305220885,6.569343065693431E-2,7.5306479859894915E-2,0.10471204188481675,8.5020242914979755E-2,3.9861351819757362E-2,9.7643097643097643E-2,5.5441478439425054E-2,4.8286604361370715E-2,2.7597402597402596E-2,3.0405405405405407E-2,3.3653846153846152E-2,3.5447761194029849E-2,2.6033690658499236E-2,3.87858347386172E-2,8.4656084656084651E-2,2.8089887640449437E-2,4.6474358974358976E-2,3.9655996177735311E-2,null,1.8141311266709103E-2,1.8141311266709103E-2]
[null,null,"Indictments concluded",158,164,196,277,300,335,321,324,321,369,425,560,516,511,558,518,543,523,483,497,379,467,575,602,550,574,538,507,683,545,628,655,417,606,641,642,608,723,633,681,745,663,740,712,466,608,676,7255,null,5841,486.75]
[null,null,"Average time between pleading diet and evidence led trial, where evidence led trial occurred in the period shown (weeks)","N/A","N/A","N/A","N/A","N/A","N/A","N/A","N/A",29.975454545454546,32.182999999999993,35.683749999999996,37,38.311309523809513,43.999390243902425,41.658181818181816,41.361184210526318,44.76650602409638,42.948947368421059,41.784857142857149,48.342916666666667,40.551346153846154,40.661607142857143,44.063205128205126,45.251368421052632,40.514266666666671,50.807127659574469,51.62821917808219,44.089571428571432,44.465053763440871,42.515000000000008,40.917083333333331,46.4657264957265,46.27061538461539,41.004756097560985,42.745048543689329,45.062136752136745,43.694252873563215,44.580353982300892,43.933439999999997,41.393599999999999,42.83338842975207,40.167327586206888,42.245086206896552,41.279824561403508,40.972985074626877,42.004680851063839,40.364086956521739,40.364086956521739,null,null,11]
[null,null,"Trials scheduled at end of period",497,497,497,497,553,613,648,738,939,1091,1211,1329,1398,1479,1595,1684,1781,1842,1923,2053,2170,2212,2196,2274,2267,2307,2325,2356,2340,2331,2305,2361,2438,2472,2402,2389,2349,2295,2223,2129,2109,2056,1982,1973,1945,1914,1816,1816,null,497,497]
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[null,"Sheriff Court -Summary business","Complaints registered",3016,3247,4309,6205,6037,5855,4634,4383,3956,3790,3678,5000,5017,4603,4544,4440,4718,4453,4510,4770,4860,4614,4007,4970,4423,4858,5048,4482,4963,4101,4484,5123,4350,5106,4671,5617,5063,5517,5443,5320,6008,5295,5659,5900,4565,6029,5452,60251,null,65490,5457.5]
[null,null,"Complaints called for first time ",1896,2835,3026,6173,5983,5665,4629,4128,3985,3662,3001,4525,4502,4565,4455,4549,4383,4362,4366,4477,4744,4610,3690,4654,4253,4792,4519,4337,4781,4020,3832,4758,4426,4753,4145,5351,4816,5092,5312,4916,5668,5087,5284,5691,4381,5655,5161,57063,null,61761,5146.75]
[null,null,"Complaints called for 'Continued Without Plea' hearing",899,1252,1675,2216,3243,4258,4078,3231,2951,2376,861,1892,2520,3591,3495,2534,2020,1860,1693,1702,1770,1932,2142,1906,1982,1911,1830,1876,1796,1838,1430,1678,1883,1990,2002,2068,2068,2451,2307,2236,2398,2253,2388,2563,2504,2473,2592,26233,null,14851,1237.5833333333333]
[null,null,"Complaints called in Intermediate Diet court",2702,1910,721,2341,7152,7350,7563,6499,6293,7369,5777,6550,6324,6499,6697,7002,8286,8495,5130,8376,7274,8940,8563,9132,7868,8401,8179,7923,8769,8797,7631,7669,6127,8136,7455,7068,5823,7318,6732,6577,7162,7019,7497,7223,5581,8210,7594,76736,null,70652,5887.666666666667]
[null,null,"Trials called",802,372,154,291,2343,3107,3207,3443,3090,3805,737,2371,2657,3171,3887,4169,4499,5443,4266,3428,4703,4537,5093,6599,5094,5768,5308,4758,5724,5256,5179,5461,4110,5162,4943,5587,3698,4209,4218,3778,4392,3921,4547,4605,3450,4544,4683,46045,null,40729,3394.0833333333335]
[null,null,"Trials called where evidence was led",5,9,24,79,283,440,479,491,399,176,86,250,352,433,471,408,459,551,439,385,422,427,552,604,505,589,495,431,571,474,561,560,437,560,592,605,396,437,462,433,530,430,452,554,406,526,605,5231,null,6946,578.83333333333337]
[null,null,"Trials adjourned due to lack of court time",0,0,0,8,21,40,50,57,90,9,1,11,43,57,96,67,91,94,101,68,64,58,88,56,76,70,53,47,89,50,78,111,78,114,128,102,113,117,87,99,128,92,73,93,97,94,146,1139,null,1230,102.5]
[null,null,"Percentage of trials adjourned due to lack of court time",0,0,0,2.7491408934707903E-2,8.9628681177976958E-3,1.2874155133569359E-2,1.5590894917368257E-2,1.6555329654371186E-2,2.9126213592233011E-2,2.3653088042049934E-3,1.3568521031207597E-3,4.6393926613243356E-3,1.6183665788483251E-2,1.7975402081362345E-2,2.4697710316439414E-2,1.6071000239865674E-2,2.022671704823294E-2,1.726988792945067E-2,2.36755743084857E-2,1.9836639439906652E-2,1.3608335105251966E-2,1.278377782675777E-2,1.7278617710583154E-2,8.4861342627670852E-3,1.49195131527287E-2,1.2135922330097087E-2,9.9849284099472486E-3,9.8781000420344687E-3,1.5548567435359888E-2,9.5129375951293754E-3,1.5060822552616334E-2,2.0325947628639443E-2,1.8978102189781021E-2,2.2084463386284385E-2,2.5895205340886102E-2,1.825666726328978E-2,3.0557057869118442E-2,2.7797576621525304E-2,2.0625889046941678E-2,2.6204340921122286E-2,2.9143897996357013E-2,2.346340219331803E-2,1.6054541455904993E-2,2.0195439739413682E-2,2.8115942028985506E-2,2.0686619718309859E-2,3.1176596199017723E-2,2.4736670648278856E-2,null,3.0199612070023817E-2,3.0199612070023814E-2]
[null,null,"Complaints concluded",457,824,1243,2388,4274,4943,4625,4527,4159,2248,1812,2919,3615,4374,4781,4649,4874,5426,4346,4392,4578,4327,5189,6170,5251,6148,5571,5289,6045,5444,5359,5806,4608,5750,5569,6137,4624,5286,5274,4962,5614,4990,5574,5739,4381,5906,5880,58230,null,62041,5170.083333333333]
[null,null,"Average time between pleading diet and evidence led trial, where evidence led trial occurred in the period shown (weeks)",7.0840000000000005,3.8433333333333337,11.475000000000001,21.380506329113924,34.065795053003527,37.83834090909091,35.172505219206677,33.833217922606913,34.112481203007512,36.059147727272737,35.496279069767454,34.892799999999994,34.803607954545448,36.660762124711319,41.735180467091311,44.970416666666679,45.601045751633997,48.230235934664236,47.259476082004547,45.570337662337657,46.96611374407582,49.673278688524583,52.493641304347818,50.45658940397351,52.718000000000004,50.103276740237689,49.937777777777775,44.448329466357315,49.132294220665507,49.651877637130802,46.876844919786095,44.626607142857132,46.496842105263148,46.148678571428569,44.27106418918919,44.985123966942147,41.357474747474747,41.621487414187641,34.196969696969703,37.882886836027708,39.592509433962263,37.572744186046499,39.013871681415935,38.613537906137196,39.769876847290639,37.084885931558944,39.503404958677692,39.503404958677692,null,null,23]
[null,null,"Trials scheduled at end of period",13967,15854,17818,20929,22932,25146,26370,27372,27723,28548,29324,30645,31799,32778,33598,33602,33369,32433,32448,33015,32394,32759,31904,30520,29793,28500,27525,26802,25595,24700,23214,22580,22235,21569,20641,20064,20492,20990,21202,21413,21554,21792,21445,21459,21611,21530,21084,21084,null,13971,13971]
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[null,null,"Complaints called for first time ",1182,772,538,1734,1398,772,1485,1257,1564,1840,585,1536,1055,772,1657,2059,1929,2038,2143,2148,1932,1843,1261,2523,2135,2215,2417,1925,2029,1816,1320,1931,1482,1336,1459,2083,1536,1432,1479,1255,1296,1836,1641,1867,1476,1971,1650,17439,null,33066,2755.5]
[null,null,"Complaints called for 'Continued Without Plea' hearing",994,936,900,1140,3278,3839,2986,2766,2521,2127,626,1482,1052,1743,3521,5126,3844,2783,2138,2060,1994,1698,1813,1607,1912,1982,1813,2015,1867,1978,1682,1502,1608,1339,1285,1460,1382,1428,1272,1219,1289,1115,1570,1440,1553,1436,1760,15464,null,18263,1521.9166666666667]
[null,null,"Complaints called in Intermediate Diet court",700,446,106,365,1565,1838,1796,1504,1447,1774,931,847,658,683,1286,1480,1798,2006,1268,1683,1653,1926,1857,2111,1874,1972,1883,1880,1829,1910,1792,1691,1369,1663,1605,1608,1311,1678,1584,1371,1641,1357,1518,1423,1018,1579,1396,15876,null,19195,1599.5833333333333]
[null,null,"Trials called",126,71,7,23,308,698,658,738,653,860,111,276,102,50,240,495,952,875,725,638,878,681,882,1116,964,1089,971,886,1114,1061,1078,1162,773,1000,836,930,675,832,831,695,868,781,855,832,553,817,834,8573,null,10061,838.41666666666663]
[null,null,"Trials called where evidence was led",0,0,0,1,23,68,68,87,73,27,2,0,0,0,16,51,67,82,63,45,45,6,70,73,61,91,75,77,71,94,91,110,70,83,80,96,60,87,98,59,82,78,77,95,54,90,77,857,null,1543,128.58333333333334]
[null,null,"Trials adjourned due to lack of court time",0,0,0,0,3,10,13,5,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,2,14,7,5,8,8,0,9,10,10,11,5,8,11,6,10,13,4,16,8,11,3,12,8,6,8,6,13,16,9,23,17,121,null,238,19.833333333333332]
[null,null,"Percentage of trials adjourned due to lack of court time",0,0,0,0,9.74025974025974E-3,1.4326647564469915E-2,1.9756838905775075E-2,6.7750677506775072E-3,6.1255742725880554E-3,2.3255813953488372E-3,0,0,0,0,0,4.0404040404040404E-3,1.4705882352941176E-2,8.0000000000000002E-3,6.8965517241379309E-3,1.2539184952978056E-2,9.1116173120728925E-3,0,1.020408163265306E-2,8.9605734767025085E-3,1.0373443983402489E-2,1.0101010101010102E-2,5.1493305870236872E-3,9.0293453724604959E-3,9.8743267504488325E-3,5.6550424128180964E-3,9.2764378478664197E-3,1.1187607573149742E-2,5.1746442432082798E-3,1.6E-2,9.5693779904306216E-3,1.1827956989247311E-2,4.4444444444444444E-3,1.4423076923076924E-2,9.6269554753309269E-3,8.6330935251798559E-3,9.2165898617511521E-3,7.6824583866837385E-3,1.5204678362573099E-2,1.9230769230769232E-2,1.62748643761302E-2,2.8151774785801713E-2,2.0383693045563551E-2,1.4114079085500992E-2,null,2.3655700228605508E-2,2.3655700228605508E-2]
[null,null,"Complaints concluded",15,51,205,484,1425,1889,1696,1736,1674,655,156,365,228,331,2043,3058,2837,2547,2091,1990,1862,1580,1821,2314,2190,2432,2393,2223,2308,2017,1988,2148,1619,1736,1722,2117,1552,1728,1610,1363,1610,1606,1736,1793,1430,1680,1920,18028,null,33102,2758.5]
[null,null,"Average time between pleading diet and evidence led trial, where evidence led trial occurred in the period shown (weeks)","N/A","N/A","N/A",36.29,34.076956521739127,37.386911764705879,36.722352941176467,41.482298850574708,37.755342465753415,37.104444444444439,54.93,"N/A","N/A","N/A",58.126249999999999,58.448627450980396,58.657164179104484,55.040365853658528,59.379206349206356,59.828888888888883,58.783555555555559,59.025000000000006,56.403428571428563,54.183013698630134,53.937540983606553,56.986263736263744,54.575600000000016,52.053636363636365,47.660845070422546,52.03319148936172,55.113296703296704,52.520545454545456,41.869142857142862,50.395180722891581,46.227874999999997,44.753645833333337,41.415833333333346,41.44931034482758,48.851632653061223,43.578983050847448,38.199512195121947,40.267051282051284,45.146623376623388,42.810631578947373,30.0574074074074,39.082222222222221,31.445324675324674,31.445324675324674,null,null,22]
[null,null,"Trials scheduled at end of period",3220,3495,3732,4088,4491,4837,5074,5189,5371,5213,5255,5560,5999,6321,6945,7730,7944,7890,7941,8053,7936,8101,7868,7569,7289,7079,6711,6389,6163,5922,5386,4993,4934,4542,4305,4266,4211,4111,3994,3835,3532,3412,3292,3180,3360,3241,3158,3158,null,3497,3497]
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[null,"Notes\n1. These figures provide interim management information during the Coronavirus pandemic and the recovery period. Official Statistics with full commentary will be published by SCTS each quarter as normal. \n2. All figures for 2019/20 are monthly averages except for the rows showing Trials Scheduled and Average time between pleading diet and evidence led trial where figures are as at the end of the period shown.\n3. Revision 25/4/23: Summary conclusions now include case conclusions at an After Warrant hearing.\n4. Revision 23/5/23: The count of ‘indictments concluded’ was redeveloped in Spring 2023 to employ the same methodology used in the summary conclusion count viz. to aggregate conclusions at key diets. Prior to this development, the solemn conclusion count used ‘disposed’ cases as it was the best available data at that time. \n5. Revision 25/7/23: The High Court Evidence Led Trial figure for May 2023 has been revised to amend an overcount. The High Court Indictments Concluded figure for May 2023 has been revised to amend an undercount."]

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["Flowcharts showing showing how criminal cases move through Scotland's courts"]
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["Glossary"]
["Accused","A person charged with breaking the law. The term defendant is not used in Scotland"]
["Adjournment  ","An interruption to the proceedings when the court stops the hearing of the case for part of a day or for a longer period."]
["Appeal","An appeal is a re-hearing of a case by a higher court than the court which first heard the case. A re-hearing means re-consideration by the appellate court of the evidence led and the legal issues considered by the court below."]
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["Complaint  ","A statement accusing someone of breaking the law."]
["Continued First Diet","A date on which an indictment calls in the sheriff court in solemn proceedings to determine whether the prosecutor and defence are ready to go to trial – continued from an earlier First Diet."]
["Continued Preliminary Hearing","A hearing in the High Court of Justiciary in solemn proceedings to decide if the case is ready to go for trial – continued from an earlier Preliminary Hearing. Preliminary legal or factual issues may be determined before trial at a Continued preliminary hearing."]
["Continued without Plea","A further opportunity for a summary case to call in court following no plea having been entered at first calling. "]
["Diet ","The date for a case, for instance, to hear a plea of guilty or not guilty, at an intermediate stage or for a trial."]
["Disposed","The complaint or indictment has been concluded."]
["First calling","The first time a summary case is called in court."]
["First Diet  ","A date on which an indictment calls in the sheriff court in solemn proceedings to determine whether the prosecutor and defence are ready to go to trial."]
["First Instance","The court in which the case was first heard or tried as distinct from second instance which is where a case is appealed.  "]
["Hearing ","Any part of a trial that takes place in a court."]
["Indictment  ","A document setting out the charge(s) of crimes or offences against an accused in more serious cases. A case on indictment is tried by judge sitting with a jury in the High Court (in the most serious cases), or the sheriff court. Cases tried on indictment are known as solemn proceedings."]
["Intermediate diet","A hearing in summary criminal proceedings which allows the court to check whether the case is likely to proceed on the date assigned for trial. The purpose is to minimise inconvenience to witnesses etc. if the trial is adjourned."]
["Jury","A group of lay persons chosen to decide upon issues of fact in legal proceedings. In criminal proceedings, a jury has 15 jurors."]
["Justice of the peace ","A lay magistrate who sits in the justice of the peace court."]
["Lack of Court Time","Cases that are continued to another sitting day due to the sitting day having ended. "]
["Petition ","In criminal proceedings, the Crown (the prosecutor) may begin proceedings by petition before deciding whether to prosecute on indictment or by summary complaint. Only serious cases are begun by petition."]
["Plea ","The answer the accused gives to the court at the pre-trial hearings or at the beginning of a trial when asked if he or she is guilty or not guilty."]
["Pleading Diet","Date assigned for a criminal case to call and for plea to be given, e.g., guilty or not guilty."]
["Preliminary hearing","A hearing in the High Court of Justiciary in solemn proceedings to decide if the case is ready to go for trial. Also preliminary legal or factual issues may be determined before trial at a preliminary hearing."]
["Provisional","A marking applied to statistical data to alert users that the data may be revised in the future and should not be considered as final data."]
["Second Instance","The court in which an appeal is heard as distinct from first instance which is where a case originated.  "]
["Section 76","An accused person charged with a serious offence may give notice in writing that he intends to plead guilty to an indictment under section 76 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995."]
["Sheriff  ","The name for a judge in the sheriff court."]
["Sheriff and jury ","Cases heard in the sheriff court by a sheriff and jury."]
["Solemn case ","Serious criminal case before a judge and jury in the High Court or sheriff and jury in the sheriff court."]
["Summary case ","Less serious criminal case before a sheriff or justice of the peace, without a jury."]
["Sustained appeal","An appeal that is upheld or granted."]
["Trial  ","The legal action in a criminal court case."]
["Trials called","All trials that have commenced or ‘called’ in court. Some trials will conclude due to a guilty plea being entered before evidence is heard/seen; some trials will be adjourned to a later date and some trials will proceed to hear or see evidence.  "]
["Trials called where evidence was led","A subset of ‘Trials called’ where witnesses give evidence and productions are seen. "]
["Trials scheduled","The count of complaints or indictments that have a trial diet assigned but are yet to call in court."]
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