§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total budget for procurator fiscal offices in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [40202]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonExpenditure on salaries and running costs for the procurator fiscal service in each of the last 10 years was as follows:
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Year Amount £000 1986–87 12,589 1987–88 13,678 1988–89 14,947 1989–90 16,536
Year Amount £000 1990–91 18,403 1991–92 20,821 1992–93 22,119 1993–94 25,138 1994–95 25,607 1995–96 27,799
§ Ms CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total spending on staff salaries in procurators fiscal offices in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [40175]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonTotal spending on staff salaries in the procurator fiscal service in each of the last 10 years was as follows:
Year Amount £000 1986–1987 9,331 1987–88 10,046 696W
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 Aberdeen 10.5 9.5 11.5 11.5 12 12 11 13 14 14 13 13 Banff 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Dingwall 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Dornoch 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Elgin 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Fort William 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Inverness 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Kirkwall 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lerwick 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Portree 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Lochmaddy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Peterhead 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Stonehaven 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Stornoway 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Tain 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 Wick 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Alloa 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1.6 Arbroath 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 Cupar 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 2 2 2 1.5 1.5 2 2 2 Dundee 8 8 8 7 9 8 9 9 8 7 8 8 Dunfermline 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4.6 5 Falkirk 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4.5 6 6 6 4.5 Forfar 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Kirkcaldy 4 5 5 4 4 5 3 4 6 4.5 5.8 5.8 Perth 4 4.5 4.5 5 5 5.5 4.5 5 6 5.5 5.5 4.5 Stirling 1 2.5 2.5 2.5 4 3.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 3.8 5 Duns 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 Edinburgh 23 24 22 24 24 24 26 26 27 27 27.5 28.9 Haddington 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 Jedburgh 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 Linlithgow 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 5 Peebles 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 Selkirk 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Campbeltown 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Dumbarton 5.5 5.5 6 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 6.6 6 Dunoon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Greenock 5 5 6 5.5 4.5 4.5 5.5 4 5 5 5 5 Kilmarnock 8 8 7 7 5 7 9 8 8 9 8.7 7 Oban 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 Paisley 9 9 9 11 10 11 10.5 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.4 12.4 Rothesay 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Airdrie 6 6 6 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 7.2 6.8 Ayr 4 4 5 4 4 5 5.5 5.5 6.5 5.5 5.6 5.6 Dumfries 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 5 5 5 Hamilton 13 14 14 16 16 17.5 18 18 18.5 18.5 18.4 19.4 Kirkcudbright 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Lanark 2 2 2 2 2> 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Stranraer 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 Glasgow 56.5 58.5 57 59 57 60.5 62.5 58.5 63 62 62.3 61.5
Year Amount £000 1988–89 11,202 1989–90 12,461 1990–91 14,365 1991–92 15,727 1992–93 16,888 1993–94 19,842 1994–95 20,332 1995–96 21,089
§ Ms CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (i) procurators fiscal and (ii) deputy procurators fiscal have been employed in each district in each year since 1985; and if he will make a statement. [40203]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe total number of procurators fiscal, assistant procurators fiscal, senior deputes and deputes employed in each district since 1985 is as follows:
697WThere is a procurator fiscal for each of the districts listed. However in Dornoch, Kirkwall, Tain, Duns, Peebles, Rothesay, Lochmaddy and Kirkcudbright the procurator fiscal also has responsibility for a neighbouring district.