HC Deb 19 January 1984 vol 52 cc306-7W
Mr. Gordon Brown

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list those sheriff courts in which community service orders have not been issued since their introduction; and if he will make a statement on the scheme.

Mr. John MacKay

Of the sheriff courts where community service schemes are available, I understand that only those at Kirkwall and Lerwick have not made orders. The sheriff court districts in which such schemes are not yet available are as follows:

Sheriff Court Region
Banff Grampian
Peterhead
Elgin
Wick Highland
Fort William
Portree
Dingwall
Tain
Dornoch
Duns Borders
Peebles
Campbeltown Strathclyde
Dunoon
Oban
Rothesay
Kilmarnock
Paisley
Ayr

Sheriff Court Region
Dumfries Dumfries and Galloway
Kirkcudbright
Stranraer
Dunfermline Fife

A scheme for the Fort William district will come into effect on 1 February. Proposals have been received from the regional councils concerned to extend community service to the remaining sheriff court districts of Grampian, Fife, Highland and Borders regions, and to initiate a scheme in Dumfries sheriff court district during 1984–85.