HC Deb 20 April 1988 vol 131 c476W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people have been employed by the Scottish courts administration in the last five years for which information is available.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The number of staff in terms of full-time equivalents employed by the Scottish courts administration at 1 April in each of the last five years was as follows :

Year Number
1 April 1984 880
1 April 1985 882½
1 April 1986 868½
1 April 1987 869
1 April 1988 872½