§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list for each year since commencement of the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985 the number of employees and the total cost of the administration of the Account of Bankruptcies office.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 11 February 1992]: The information requested is as follows:
Permanent trustee Number of cases 1989 R. S. MacGregor, Pannell Kerr Forster, Edinburgh 383 J. C. J. Readman, Ernst and Young, Glasgow 244 B. A. Jackson, Pannell Kerr Forster, Glasgow 209 N. Robinson, Kidsons Impey, Glasgow 177 P. J. Campbell, Pannell Kerr Forster, Aberdeen 162 N. M. Sharp, Ernst and Young, Aberdeen 55 N. J. McNeil, BDO, Binder Hamlyn, Glasgow 55 C. A. F. Hastings, Hastings and Co., Glasgow 48 A. W. O'Boyle, F. L. Walker, Glasgow 44 G. Ritchie, Ernst and Young, Edinburgh 41 1990 N. Robinson, Kidsons Impey, Glasgow 899 R. S. MacGregor, Pannell Kerr Forster, Edinburgh 510 B. A. Jackson, Pannell Kerr Forster, Glasgow 451 J. C. J. Readman, Ernst and Young, Glasgow 446 P. J. Campbell, Pannell Kerr Forster, Aberdeen 302 G. Ritchie, Ernst and Young, Edinburgh 265 C. K. Russell, Kidsons Impey, Glasgow 244 J. D. Laurie, Cork Gully, Edinburgh 150 N. J. McNeil, BDO, Glasgow 105 G. I. Rankin, Cork Gully, Glasgow 86 1991 B. A. Jackson, Pannell Kerr Forster, Glasgow 722 J. C. J. Readman, Ernst and Young, Glasgow 690 N. Robinson, Kidsons Impey, Glasgow 587 R. S. MacGregor, Pannell Kerr Forster, Edinburgh 570 C. K. Russell, Kidsons Impey, Glasgow 512 J. D. Laurie, Cork Gully, Edinburgh 486 G. Ritchie, Ernst and Young, Edinburgh 364 C. A. F. Hastings, Hastings and Co., Glasgow 240 G. I. Rankin, Cork Gully, Glasgow 173 A. C. Thomson, Thomson and Co., Dunfermline 159