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Mr. John MacKay
The information on refusals of criminal legal aid is not readily available in the form requested. The following tables give details for each Sheriff and District Court for 1984–85. Information about the offences for which legal aid was refused is not available.
| Table A |
| Sheriff Courts |
| Court |
Number refused |
Per cent. refused |
| Aberdeen |
381 |
13 |
| Airdrie |
318 |
26 |
| Alloa |
41 |
11 |
| Arbroath |
14 |
5 |
| Ayr |
109 |
6 |
| Banff |
7 |
8 |
| Campbeltown |
3 |
12 |
| Cupar |
25 |
8 |
| Dingwall |
0 |
0 |
| Dornoch |
3 |
2 |
| Dumbarton |
79 |
5 |
| Dumfries |
84 |
9 |
| Dundee |
672 |
32 |
| Dunfermline |
331 |
28 |
| Dunoon |
15 |
6 |
| Duns |
7 |
18 |
| Edinburgh |
436 |
8 |
| Elgin |
20 |
4 |
| Falkirk |
78 |
6 |
| Forfar |
36 |
11 |
| Fort William |
8 |
4 |
| Glasgow |
409 |
4 |
| Greenock |
29 |
3 |
| Haddington |
47 |
10 |
| Hamilton |
252 |
9 |
| Inverness |
31 |
3 |
| Jedburgh |
27 |
14 |
| Kilmarnock |
843 |
31 |
| Kirkcaldy |
30 |
3 |
| Kirkcudbright |
1 |
2 |
| Kirkwall |
0 |
0 |
| Lanark |
9 |
3 |
| Lerwick |
2 |
2 |
| Linlithgow |
101 |
9 |
| Lochmaddy |
0 |
0 |
| Oban |
12 |
7 |
| Paisley |
474 |
21 |
| Peebles |
8 |
9 |
| Perth |
34 |
2 |
| Peterhead |
9 |
4 |
| Portree |
4 |
5 |
| Rothesay |
0 |
0 |
| Selkirk |
14 |
8 |
| Stirling |
43 |
5 |
| Stonehaven |
36 |
16 |
| Stornoway |
14 |
8 |
| Stranraer |
16 |
4 |
| Tain |
5 |
2 |
| Wick |
3 |
1 |
| Table B |
| District courts |
| Court |
Number refused |
Per cent. refused |
| Aberdeen, City of |
99 |
15 |
| Angus |
11 |
7 |
| Annandale and Eskdale |
1 |
1 |
| Argyll and Bute |
8 |
5 |
| Baddenoch and Strathspey |
2 |
17 |
| Banff and Buchan |
1 |
1 |
| Bearsden and Milngavie |
1 |
4 |
| Berwickshire |
0 |
0 |
| Caithness |
10 |
36 |
| Clackmannan |
2 |
3 |
| Clydebank |
16 |
9 |
421W
| Court |
Number refused |
Per cent. refused |
| Clydesdale |
0 |
0 |
| Cumbernauld and Kilsyth |
22 |
23 |
| Cumnock and Doon Valley |
39 |
17 |
| Cunninghame |
27 |
3 |
| Dumbarton |
4 |
1 |
| Dundee, City of |
241 |
29 |
| Dunfermline |
24 |
8 |
| East Kilbride |
33 |
12 |
| East Lothian |
40 |
31 |
| Eastwood |
0 |
0 |
| Edinburgh, City of |
579 |
38 |
| Ettrick and Lauderdale |
14 |
23 |
| Falkirk |
44 |
19 |
| Glasgow, City of |
173 |
2 |
| Gordon |
7 |
13 |
| Hamilton |
126 |
24 |
| Inverclyde |
36 |
11 |
| Inverness |
3 |
1 |
| Kilmarnock and Loudoun |
43 |
9 |
| Kincardine and Deeside |
1 |
3 |
| Kirkcaldy |
1 |
(0.4) |
| Kyle and Carrick |
118 |
25 |
| Lochaber |
11 |
19 |
| Midlothian |
14 |
5 |
| Monklands |
94 |
22 |
| Moray |
38 |
29 |
| Motherwell |
166 |
19 |
| Nairn |
2 |
8 |
| Nithsdale |
16 |
17 |
| North East Fife |
10 |
9 |
| Perth and Kinross |
4 |
1 |
| Renfrew |
58 |
15 |
| Ross and Cromarty |
7 |
7 |
| Roxburgh |
3 |
6 |
| Skye and Lochalsh |
2 |
15 |
| Stewartry |
1 |
3 |
| Stirling |
11 |
9 |
| Strathkelvin |
2 |
1 |
| Sutherland |
0 |
0 |
| Tweeddale |
1 |
17 |
| Western Isles |
1 |
3 |
| West Lothian |
22 |
4 |
| Wigtown |
3 |
4 |