HC Deb 21 April 1988 vol 131 cc540-1W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To 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:

Mr. Menzies Campbell

To 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