HC Deb 13 May 1992 vol 207 c157W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many instances there have been of committal to prison for contempt of court in the last 10 years for which information is available.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

[holding answer 12 May 1992]: The available information is set out in the table.

Persons sentenced to custody for contempt of court in Scotland 1981–90
Year Number
1981 34
1982 35
1983 40
1984 38
1985 46
1986 45
1987 33
1988 33
1989 38
1990 31

Note:

Only the charge which receives the severest penalty on any occasion is recorded in the statistics, so when any custodial sentence for contempt of court is not the main sentence, the contempt of court charge is not included in the table.