HC Deb 17 May 1938 vol 336 cc193-5
7. Mr. Robert Gibson

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total amount of fines imposed in the High Court, Sheriff Courts, Police Courts, and other courts, respectively, in Scotland, collated for counties in which they were imposed, for each of the last three years; what amount of these fines in each county was discharged by the persons sentenced undergoing imprisonment and the number of persons concerned; and how much of the remaining amount of fines is still outstanding?

Lieut.-Colonel Colville

I regret that the information desired by the hon. and learned Member is not available, but, with his permission, I propose to circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT statements showing, for each of the years 1934, 1935, and 1936, particulars of the total amounts received by way of fines imposed by summary courts and of the numbers of persons who underwent imprisonment for non-payment of fines imposed by summary courts.

Mr. Gibson

Are these figures not available for the year 1937?

Lieut.-Colonel Colville

No, Sir, not yet; I can only give them up to the end of 1936 at present.

Following are the statements:

(1) Cash received from Fines imposed by Summary Courts.
— 1934. 1935. 1936.
£ £ £
Aberdeen 3,413 3,421 3,897
Angus 2,270 2,280 3,372
Argyll 611 559 583
Ayr 4,965 6,655 6,914
Banff 683 458 446
Berwick 385 756 1,125
Bute 247 213 347
Caithness 322 200 444
Clackmannan 450 379 438
Dumbarton 1,802 1,648 2,589
Dumfries. 1,449 1,380 1,527
East Lothian 291 454 540
Fife 2,750 3,715 5,213
Inverness 913 785 893
Kincardine 710 567 468
Kinross 189 229 238
Kirkcudbright 577 716 574
Lanark 22,768 26,127 29,867
Midlothian 11,140 13,316 13,806
Moray 464 442 470
Nairn 97 64 67
Orkney 69 121 109
Peebles 259 457 380
Perth 2,232 2,466 3,064
Renfrew 4,190 4,676 5,138
Ross and Cromarty 652 572 554
Roxburgh 479 586 632
Selkirk 114 247 161
Stirling 2,752 2,378 2,538
Sutherland 385 156 151
West Lothian 830 1,114 1,253
Wigtown 627 287 444
Zetland 188 48 97
£69,273 £77,472 £88,339

NOTE.—The total amounts received in the years 1934, 1935 and 1936 from fines imposed by Courts, other than Summary Courts, were £1,611, £1,077 and £971 respectively.

(2) Numbers of persons imprisoned for non-payment of fines imposed by Summary Courts.
A. Number of persons imprisoned in each year for non-payment of fines imposed in that year by Summary Courts.
B. Number of persons included in previous column who paid part of the fines during imprisonment and were released before completing the full sentence.
1934. 1935. 1936.
County.
A. B. A. B. A. B.
Aberdeen … … … 280 70 267 82 203 67
Angus … … … 412 107 393 115 359 104
Argyll … … … 37 13 20 3 13 4
Ayr … … … … 330 81 301 117 242 89
Banff … … … 22 3 45 4 33 4
Berwick … … … 14 2 15 2 17 5
Bute … … … … 20 8 15 11 13 3
Caithness … … … 6 1 6 3 5 —
Clackmannan … … 15 2 12 — 10 1
Dumbarton … … … 146 50 157 49 156 58
Dumfries … … … 51 16 62 38 59 35
East Lothian … … 29 2 51 8 31 11
Fife … … … … 123 29 157 43 164 35
Inverness … … … 56 23 34 9 33 15
Kincardine … … … 11 1 12 3 11 4
Kinross … … … 3 — 2 — 3 —
Kirkcudbright … … 56 10 58 20 23 8
Lanark … … … 4,635 l,550 4,190 1,479 4,012 1,410
Midlothian … … … 982 318 948 272 1,056 376
Moray … … … 35 8 58 16 42 6
Nairn … … … 5 1 6 1 6 1
Orkney … … … — — — — 2 —
Peebles … … … 14 1 14 3 14 7
Perth … … … 288 98 244 84 263 107
Renfrew … … … 358 126 382 123 376 120
Ross and Cromarty … 12 5 14 2 15 3
Roxburgh … … … 58 12 79 23 57 19
Selkirk … … … 31 4 22 7 45 7
Stirling … … … 285 49 238 45 186 28
Sutherland … … … — — 5 2 6 1
West Lothian … … 54 10 32 12 52 9
Wigtown … … … 8 1 2 — 9 5
Zetland … … … — — — — — —
Totals … … 8,376 2,601 7,841 2,564 7,516 2,531