HC Deb 14 October 1996 vol 282 cc694-7W
Ms Roseanna Cunningham

To 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-Hamilton

Expenditure on salaries and running costs for the procurator fiscal service in each of the last 10 years was as follows:

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 Cunningham

To 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-Hamilton

Total 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

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 Cunningham

To 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-Hamilton

The total number of procurators fiscal, assistant procurators fiscal, senior deputes and deputes employed in each district since 1985 is as follows:

There 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.