§ Mr. WilsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people are in prison in Scotland for non-payment of debts, excluding non-payment of fines.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 9 February 1989]: This information is not available in the form requested. In December 1988 the average daily population of civil prisoners in Scottish penal establishments was 0.6 persons. In the year 1987, 113 applications for civil imprisonment were disposed of by the courts; 98 of these were for non-payment of aliment.
Civil imprisonment has therefore been a relatively little used procedure for anything other than non-payment of aliment. Since the Debtors (Scotland) Act 1987 came into
Total area (has) Estimated extent of agricultural land (has) Estimated number of eligible farmers/ crofters Concluded agreements Area covered by agreements (has) Breadalbane 120,000 90,000 160 68 30,400 Loch Lomond 42,000 30,600 89 22 10,500 Whitlaw and Eildon 8,000 7,500 65 3 330 Stewartry 42,000 39,000 300 25 3,400 The Machair of the Uists, Benbecula, Barra and Vatersay 7,000 7,000 '800 69 900 1 Plus 65 Grazing committees.