§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list(a) the number of cases disposed of and (b) the number of custodial sentences imposed, by each sheriff court in Scotland, for each of the past five years.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information requested is given in the table.
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1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Sheriff court Called to trial Custodial sentence Called to trial Custodial sentence Called to trial Custodial sentence Called to trial Custodial sentence Called to trial Custodial sentence Banff 739 67 503 27 367 39 434 30 413 32 Campbeltown 482 26 496 37 493 44 512 64 478 40 Cupar 1,101 56 994 54 972 55 918 68 951 34 Dingwall 941 27 611 22 552 36 650 37 654 40 Dornoch 391 12 359 15 291 14 277 8 207 3 Dumbarton 4,123 421 3,424 489 3,495 501 3,204 436 2,582 296 Dumfries 5,980 177 5,038 218 5,103 162 5,734 250 4,765 232 Dundee 6,088 596 4,731 684 4,786 727 4,951 694 5,457 642 Dunfermline 3,884 296 2,529 231 2,979 344 2,901 265 2,821 296 Dunoon 993 39 854 42 923 85 912 72 811 34 Duns 518 15 190 7 228 9 167 7 183 0 Edinburgh 21,361 678 13,317 906 11,985 1,039 11,892 1,081 11,924 898 Elgin 1,772 162 1,141 103 1,179 134 1,246 109 1,266 104 Falkirk 4,461 285 2,683 241 2,779 213 3,192 303 2,863 346 Forfar 1,496 64 1,010 64 1,091 68 1,004 40 986 48 Fort William 435 40 467 42 469 45 445 27 513 48 Glasgow 16,552 2,360 16,073 2,760 16,219 2,978 11,309 2,307 10,491 1,997 Greenock 2,974 355 2,147 394 2,141 418 2,149 488 1,993 535 Haddington 1,555 84 1,279 103 1,133 108 1,291 83 957 63 Hamilton 7,602 695 5,577 648 6,044 756 5,739 821 5,634 611 Inverness 2,407 95 2,143 119 2,157 146 1,978 131 1,921 119 Jedburgh 717 45 459 54 486 85 419 59 551 39 Kilmarnock 6,746 956 5,265 955 5,182 1,216 5,458 1,283 4,964 1,049 Kirkcaldy 3,984 301 3,351 238 3,186 256 3,182 341 3,813 295 Kirkcudbright 336 12 254 13 342 20 360 30 397 26 Kirkwall 414 9 475 9 541 15 582 9 562 9 Lanark 1,401 72 869 65 1,015 113 991 121 1,035 116 Lerwick 581 11 468 11 500 20 438 7 596 8 Linlithgow 4,532 314 2,564 288 2,771 365 3,024 227 3,195 224 Lochmaddy 163 1 158 0 130 4 222 5 156 4 Oban 408 50 353 27 344 46 336 32 370 47 Paisley 6,026 613 5,016 519 5,996 508 6,040 573 5,573 606 Peebles 506 4 386 37 357 14 372 14 174 13 Perth 5,469 200 3,208 227 3,622 282 3,422 267 3,449 256 Peterhead 806 91 708 97 887 94 691 61 699 64 Portree 104 5 151 2 180 8 193 2 155 11 Rothesay 246 30 294 57 326 38 230 37 261 33 Selkirk 916 47 567 57 418 40 423 39 398 39 Stirling 3,305 199 2,154 173 2,533 152 3,119 185 3,214 224 Stonehaven 1,638 22 901 56 932 34 896 25 843 27 Stornoway 375 12 421 9 366 8 364 6 388 8 Stranraer 1,258 72 1,093 99 1,099 68 986 96 1,037 97 Tain 806 25 539 14 572 24 477 14 459 24 Wick 569 38 521 30 580 52 654 27 585 28 Court unknown 9 1 3 I 1 0 1 0 0 0 TOTAL 145,721 11,538 110,012 11,970 111,892 13,001 108,434 12,302 104,057 11,139