Trustees (Hansard, 21 February 1992)

[holding answer 11 February 1992]: The number of awards of sequestration made since 1985 was as follows:

Gross payments to trustees ie including outlays, statutory fees, remuneration and VAT, but excluding recoveries, were as follows:

Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 1985
	Sequestrations awarded in each sheriff court 1985–89
	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991
Glasgow	46	99	186	302	509	1,032
Edinburgh	56	78	139	197	360	792
Duns	1	5	10	9	28	24
Haddington	13	16	17	21	87	166
Jedburgh	4	7	10	17	24	83
Linlithgow	11	30	72	63	171	273
Peebles	0	0	5	3	11	30
Selkirk	3	8	9	10	39	58
Campbeltown	0	2	4	6	13	18
Dumbarton	8	17	28	52	92	174
Dunoon	1	5	6	18	19	29
Greenock	3	13	30	25	62	72
Kilmarnock	12	31	43	111	209	386
Oban	1	3	5	10	15	26
Paisley	12	27	35	83	146	229
Rothesay	1	2	5	8	10	4
Airdrie	9	18	44	60	149	396
Ayr	12	32	35	84	204	273
Dumfries	5	22	13	30	85	112
Hamilton	26	43	54	101	233	457
Kirkcudbright	4	5	4	9	32	33
Lanark	7	13	18	20	30	62
Stranraer	2	9	10	8	9	27
Alloa	6	9	5	24	66	73
Arbroath	5	5	10	33	43	43
Cupar	6	13	19	36	43	73
Dundee	3	28	65	85	87	112
Dunfermline	10	23	33	84	209	494
Falkirk	6	14	31	163	299	527
Forfar	3	7	10	12	26	34
Kirkcaldy	21	16	68	136	336	593
Perth	9	20	29	28	70	127
Stirling	5	15	20	31	145	160
Aberdeen	30	73	173	233	200	268
Banff	1	3	12	9	13	34
Dingwall	3	10	9	15	20	30
Dornoch	0	2	6	2	9	10
Elgin	4	19	31	49	84	116
Fort William	1	4	5	2	9	32
Inverness	2	17	35	37	51	107
Kirkwall	2	11	4	5	3	18
Lerwick	1	1	3	3	6	16
Lochmaddy	1	0	1	5	2	1
Portree	1	3	2	1	8	13
Stnehaven	2	9	27	25	39	41
Stornoway	0	14	5	1	4	7
Tain	3	7	4	12	11	27
Wick	1	5	2	3	6	15