§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to appoint full-time sheriffs in 1992 and future years; to which sheriffdoms such appointments will be made; whether he will seek to appoint more women as sheriffs; and whether he will seek to appoint more solicitors as sheriffs.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe number and location of new appointments in 1992 and future years will reflect a number of considerations including the incidence of retirals which cannot be accurately predicted and the judicial resources required to allow courts to deal timeously with the volume of cases coming before them. Application of the present policy whereby in respect of each vacancy the best-fitted candidate is appointed has resulted in more solicitors being appointed in recent years and can be expected to result in more women being appointed in the future as a greater number of women lawyers of appropriate ability acquire the experience necessary for a shrieval appointment.
§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average annual total number of
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Region/Supply Zone Standards not fully met Compliance Date for Zone Borders Ale Aluminium 1998 Cockburnspath Iron 2005 Earnscleugh Aluminium 1995 Galaschiels Aluminium 1992 Tweedsmuir Bact1 1994 Watch Iron 2005 West Linton Trihalomethanes 1993 Central Alloa Aluminium, Lead 1997 Ardeonaig Trihalomethanes 1995 Balquhidder Trihalomethanes 1995 Bo'ness, Blackness Whitecross Trihalomethanes 1998 Bonnybridge, Camelon, High Bonnybridge Aluminium 1990 Bridge of Allan Aluminium 1995 Cowie, Plean, Airth Stirling (Part) Aluminium 1992 Cumbernauld Trihalomethanes 1998 Falkirk, Larbert, Carron Stenhousemuir, Skinflats Aluminium 1997 Kirkintilloch (part), Lenzie Aluminium, Trihalomethanes 1998 Kirkintilloch-Waterside Trihalomethanes 1998 Lennoxtown, Milton of Campsie Torrance, Balmore Trihalomethanes 1998 Dumfries & Galloway Areeming (Lochenkit) North Iron, pH, Colour, Manganese 1992 Aluminium, Bact1 Working days for a full-time sheriff in the last year for which figures are available; what is the gross salary of a sheriff and a sheriff principal; and what is the daily remuneration presently paid to a temporary sheriff.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe number of working days per annum for a full-time sheriff, excluding duties during weekends and public holidays, is 216. At 1 January 1992, the gross annual salaries of a sheriff and sheriff principal were, respectively, £59,900 and £66,500. The present daily remuneration rate of a temporary sheriff is £223.