§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list by court the number of summary criminal cases dealt with in the sheriff court in Scotland in the last five years for which information is available.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 20 April 1988]: The number of accused persons proceeded against summarily in each of the sheriff courts in Scotland over the last five years was as follows:
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§ Mr. Menzies CampbellTo ask the Secretary of State For Scotland if he will list by court the number of criminal cases dealt with by solemn procedure in the sheriff court in Scotland in the last five years for which information is available.
Court 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Aberdeen 199 235 208 157 144 Airdrie 93 105 122 155 147 Alloa 10 15 22 18 11 Arbroath 36 25 32 41 21 Ayr 63 50 76 86 72 Banff 20 8 11 7 18 Cambeltown 1 4 1 4 3 Cupar 13 20 23 19 19 Dingwall 8 9 15 3 9 Dornoch 4 16 10 10 3 Dumbarton 54 68 51 66 54 Dumfries 44 45 43 66 76 Dundee 156 154 122 118 164 Dunfermline 74 57 54 50 57 Dunoon 10 13 16 18 14 Duns 2 1 1 9 2 Edinburgh 431 424 327 273 283 Elgin 25 29 21 26 32 Falkirk 60 60 41 51 68 Forfar 17 24 23 23 23 Fort William 5 5 2 2 3 Glasgow 1,057 1,088 994 857 990 Greenock 106 130 82 99 75 Haddington 13 4 7 12 3 Hamilton 147 140 159 166 181 Inverness 31 46 29 53 55 Jedburgh 9 13 12 13 10 Kilmarnock 137 112 111 97 91 Kirkcaldy 78 68 95 95 53 Kirkcudbright 9 8 11 7 9 Kirkwall 5 5 3 2 1 Lanark 14 16 6 9 18 Lenvick 3 12 2 3 1 Linlithgow 37 37 60 58 60 Lochmaddy 0 2 2 3 0 Oban 10 3 9 4 17 Paisley 152 196 152 96 118 Peebles 9 10 3 7 0 Perth 68 56 76 65 50 Peterhead 17 22 27 19 15 Portree 1 3 1 0 6 Rothesay 4 5 8 7 4 Selkirk 11 15 13 11 13 Stirling 31 48 39 36 30 Stonehaven 11 19 12 14 14 Stornoway 2 0 1 3 4 Stranraer 17 22 35 23 40 Tain 8 8 3 6 12 Wick 5 11 12 16 5 Total 3,317 3,466 3,185 2,983 3,098