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  3. Thematic report on the use of compensation offers, and combined fiscal fines and compensation offers
  4. Annex I Compensation Offers – September 2008

Thematic report on the use of compensation offers, and combined fiscal fines and compensation offers

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Inspection reports, Follow-up reports

9th February 2010

In February 2009 we published a thematic report on fiscal fines and made recommendations to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service. This report is a follow up from that dealing with powers given to the COPFS to issue combined Fiscal Fines and Compensation Offers and stand alone Compensation Offers.

Related Links

  • Thematic report on fiscal fines

Additional

  • Chapter 1 – Introduction
  • Chapter 2 – Methodology
  • Chapter 3 – Background
  • Chapter 4 – Implementation by Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
  • Chapter 5 – Results
  • Chapter 6 – Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Annex I Compensation Offers – September 2008
  • Annex II Combined Fiscal Fines and Compensation Offers – September 2008
  • Footnotes

  • Chapter 1 – Introduction
  • Chapter 2 – Methodology
  • Chapter 3 – Background
  • Chapter 4 – Implementation by Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
  • Chapter 5 – Results
  • Chapter 6 – Conclusions and Recommendations
  • Annex I Compensation Offers – September 2008
  • Annex II Combined Fiscal Fines and Compensation Offers – September 2008
  • Footnotes

Annex I Compensation Offers – September 2008

Offer

Band 1

Argyll & Clyde:

Band 1

11

Band 2

5

Band 3

6

Band 4

4

Band 5

0

Total

26

Ayrshire:

Band 1

2

Band 2

0

Band 3

0

Band 4

2

Band 5

0

Total

4

Central:

Band 1

0

Band 2

0

Band 3

1

Band 4

2

Band 5

0

Total

3

Dumfries & Galloway:

Band 1

1

Band 2

2

Band 3

0

Band 4

0

Band 5

0

Total

3

Fife:

Band 1

15

Band 2

7

Band 3

4

Band 4

1

Band 5

0

Total

27

Glasgow:

Band 1

13

Band 2

11

Band 3

3

Band 4

3

Band 5

0

Total

30

Grampian:

Band 1

8

Band 2

3

Band 3

9

Band 4

1

Band 5

1

Total

22

Highlands & Islands:

Band 1

5

Band 2

9

Band 3

6

Band 4

1

Band 5

1

Total

22

Lanarkshire:

Band 1

12

Band 2

5

Band 3

5

Band 4

1

Band 5

0

Total

23

Lothian & Borders:

Band 1

13

Band 2

9

Band 3

7

Band 4

2

Band 5

0

Total

31

Tayside:

Band 1

10

Band 2

8

Band 3

6

Band 4

0

Band 5

0

Total

24

Overall total

215

Summary of Review of Compensation Offers - September 2008:

215 Compensation Offers were issued in September 2008, 209 (6 offers could not be accessed) were reviewed against Crown Office guidelines.

As can be seen from the above table Compensation Offer levels 1, 2 & 3 were applied most with 90 at Level 1, 59 at Level 2 and 49 at Level 3. Level 4 was used 13 times and Level 5 was used twice.

In all cases the default of full payment or £10 per fortnight was offered.

Cases marked for compensation related to the following charges:

  • Vandalism (of which were in the majority at 139)
  • Assault
  • Breach of the Peace
  • Fraud
  • Theft
  • Malicious Mischief
  • Fire-raising

In 20 cases the Procurator Fiscal requested more information from the police to allow informed decisions to be made eg cost of damage.

A breakdown of the charges for the review of compensation offers are as follows:

Charge

Frequency

%

Vandalism

139

67%

Assault

38

18%

Breach of the Peace

3

1%

Fraud

7

3%

Theft

20

10%

Malicious Mischief

1

0.5%

Fire-raising

1

0.5%

TOTAL

209

100%

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