HC Deb 09 March 1987 vol 112 c18W
Mr. Dewar

asked the Solicitor-General for Scotland if he will publish a table showing for each of the last 10 years the number of (i) warrant sales, (ii) occasions on which warrant sales have been advertised and (iii) poindings in Scotland.

The Solicitor-General for Scotland

The information available in the successive annual publications ofCivil Judicial Statistics, Scotland is as follows:

Warrant Sales Poindings
1979 226 14,515
1980 231 21,096
1981 287 14,926
1982 403 17,014
1983 477 16,478
1984 512 16,887

No separate figures are available for years before 1979. There is a requirement to give public notice of all warrant sales.