General Register of Sasines

HC Deb 16 June 1989 vol 154 cc540-1W

Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in theOfficial Report the average length of time it has taken to record a deed in the General Register of Sasines over the last 10 years.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

The information is as follows:

Average turnround time in days
Year	Days
1979	63
1980	64
1981	85
1982	79
1983	115
1984	123
1985	110
1986	110
1987	137
1988	158

Note: Turnround time is the number of calendar days between receipt of a writ for recording and its return to the presenter.