§ Mr. Nigel GriffithsTo ask the Paymaster General what information he has regarding the delay in weeks between pleading and trial hearings in(a) each sheriff court and (b) each district court in Scotland for the quarters ended 30 June 1990, 30 September 1990, 31 December 1990 and 31 March 1991.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe figures for the quarter ended 31 March 1991 are not yet available. The figures for the other quarters are set out in the tables below:—
Interval (in weeks) between pleading and trial diets A. Sheriff Courts Sheriffdom-Glasgow and Strathkelvin Quarter ending 30 June 30 September 31 December 1990 1990 1990 Glasgow 12 15 13
Sheriffdom-Grampian, Highland and Islands Quarter ending 30 June 30 September 31 December 1990 1990 1990 Aberdeen 19 13 14 Stonehaven 12 12 9 Banff 12 9 7 Peterhead 12 9 12 Dingwall 11 10 12 Tain 9 10 4 Wick 9 8 8 Dornoch 15 11 10 Elgin 10 11 11 Inverness 12 11 13 Fort William 12 11 6 Portree 4 8 4 Stornoway 10 10 10 Lochmaddy 12 12 4 Lerwick 14 10 8 Kirkwall 11 8 8
Sheriffdom-Lothian and Borders Quarter ending 30 June 30 September 31 December 1990 1990 1990 Edinburgh 21 15 18 Peebles 12 9 8 Haddington 12 12 10 Linlithgow 17 10 18 Jedburgh 12 10 7 Duns 12 9 7 Selkirk 12 6 4
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Sheriffdom-North Strathclyde Quarter ending 30 June 30 September 31 December 1990 1990 1990 Dumbarton 18 18 20 Campbeltown 10 8 8 Oban 14 12 12
Quarter ending 30 June 30 September 31 December 1990 1990 1990 Greenock 14 10 10 Paisley 14 17 15 Dunoon 14 12 12 Rothesay 15 10 8 Kilmarnock 12 14 13
Sheriffdom-South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway Quarter ending 30 June 30 September 31 December 1990 1990 1990 Airdrie 14 15 19 Hamilton 20 22 24 Lanark 11 10 10 Ayr 11 12 12 Dumfries 10 9 7 Kirkcudbright 10 12 12 Stranraer 10 10 8
Sheriffdom-Tayside, Central and Fife Quarter ending 30 June 30 September 31 December 1990 1990 1990 Arbroath 18 10 13 Forfar 9 8 8 Perth 8 8 8 Dundee 5 5 5 Falkirk 10 14 12 Stirling 7 7 13 Alloa 10 10 11 Cupar 8 19 10 Kirkcaldy 10 12 13 Dunfermline 8 12 11
B District courts Quarter ending 30 June 30 September 31 December 1990 1990 1990 Aberdeen 19.0 20.0 12.0 Airdrie 18.0 16.5 17.0 Alloa 12.0 8.0 17.0 Arbroath 4.0 4.0 4.0 Ayr 14.5 9.5 10.0 Banff 9.0 9.0 8.0 Campbeltown 4.0 8.0 4.0 Cupar 12.0 10.0 16.0 Dingwall 4.0 4.0 4.0 Dornoch 10.0 10.0 10.0 Dumbarton 12.0 10.0 12.0 Dumfries 12.0 12.0 12.0 Dundee 13.0 15.0 17.0 Dunfermline 17.0 11.0 14.0
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Department of Energy R, D & D Expenditure on Renewable Energy (£ million) 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 Wind 0.6 0.8 0.9 2.5 2.5 4.8 5.4 3.7 4.0 3.9 4.8 Wave 3.0 3.3 4.4 3.1 1.0 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 Geothermal Aquifers 1.3 1.7 2.6 1.5 1.8 1.1 0.3 0.1 — 0.1 0.2 Geothermal hot dry rocks 6.0 0.6 5.6 3.0 2.9 4.6 3.5 3.5 3.6 3.5 3.3 Solar 1.2 0.9 0.7 1.4 0.9 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.4 1.9 Biomass1 0.1 0.4 0.4 1.2 0.7 1.1 0.8 1.3 2.2 1.5 1.4 Tide 0.6 1.4 0.4 — — 0.3 0.1 0.1 1.4 1.2 1.1 Hydro/general studies — — — — — — — — 0.8 0.8 0.8 Technology transfer and promotion — — — — — — — — 0.7 1.0 1.6 ETSU services 1.4 1.2 2.3 2.0 2.9 2.1 2.0 2.3 2.3 2.5 2.7 8.2 11.3 17.3 14.7 11.7 14.9 13.2 12.0 16.3 16.0 17.9
Quarter ending 30 June 30 September 31 December 1990 1990 1990 Dunoon 8.0 8.0 8.0 Duns 4.0 4.0 4.0 Edinburgh 19.0 20.0 19.0 Elgin 14.0 11.0 11.0 Falkirk 21.0 16.0 10.5 Forfar 22.0 16.0 10.0 Fort William 6.0 4.0 6.0 Glasgow 15.5 16.0 16.5 Greenock 7.0 6.0 8.0 Haddington 9.0 11.0 11.0 Hamilton 14.0 13.0 11.0 Inverness 8.0 8.0 10.5 Jedburgh 6.0 6.0 6.0 Kilmarnock 11.0 13.0 10.0 Kirkcaldy 12.0 10.0 15.0 Kirkcudbright 10.0 10.0 10.0 Kirkwall 0.0 0.0 0.0 Lanark 10.0 12.0 10.0 Lerwick 0.0 0.0 0.0 Linlithgow 14.0 9.0 8.0 Lochmaddy 0.0 0.0 0.0 Oban 2.0 12.0 12.0 Paisley 9.5 13.5 16.0 Peebles 8.0 8.0 8.0 Perth 7.0 4.0 8.0 Peterhead 13.0 10.0 18.0 Portree 8.0 4.0 8.0 Rothesay 8.0 4.0 12.0 Selkirk 6.0 6.0 6.0 Stirling 6.0 7.0 5.5 Stonehaven 15.0 10.0 11.0 Stornoway 10.0 6.0 6.0 Stranraer 13.0 5.0 4.0 Tain 8.0 10.0 10.0 Wick 3.0 3.0 3.0