§ Mr. Gordon Brownasked 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 MacKayOf 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:
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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.