§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 21 February,Official Report, columns 348–50, if he will give gross payments to trustees including outlays, statutory fees, remunerations and VAT but excluding recoveries for each year from 1985 to 1991 in respect of the awards of sequestration granted in that year.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThis information is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost to the public purse.
§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 21 February,Official Report, columns 348–49, if he will list for each year since 1985 (a) the number of sequestration awards for which the final outcome is known and (b) the number as a percentage of the total number of awards.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe information is:
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Table Sheriffdom and Court district Estimated population Grampian, Highland and Islands Aberdeen 269,000 Stonehaven 40,000 Elgin 83,000 Banff 80,000 Peterhead Dingwall 45,000 Tain Dornoch, 13,000 Wick 27,000 Kirkwall 18,000 Lerwick 22,000 Inverness 76,000 Fort William 20,000 Portree 10,000 Lochmaddy 30,000 Stornoway Totals 733,000 Tayside, Central and Fife Dundee 189,000 Perth 119,000 Cupar 65,000 Kirkcaldy 149,000 Stirling 79,000
Sheriffdom and Court district Estimated population Falkirk 144,000 Dunfermline 126,000 Alloa 48,000 Forfar 92,000 Arbroath Totals 1,011,000 Lothian and Borders Edinburgh 538,000 Haddington 79,000 Peebles 14,000 Linlithgow 132,000 Jedburgh 35,000 Selkirk 33,000 Duns 18,000 Totals 849,000 North Strathclyde Paisley 267,000 Kilmarnock 218,000 Dumbarton 171,000 Greenock 101,000 Campbeltown 64,000 Dunoon Oban Rothesay Totals 821,000 South Strathclyde, Dumfries and Galloway Airdrie 174,000 Hamilton 341,000 Lanark 57,000 Ayr 158,000 Dumfries 91,000 Kirkcudbright 22,000 Stranraer 29,000 Totals 872,000 Glasgow and Strathkelvin Glasgow 869,000 Totals 869,000 Total (all sheriffdoms) 5,155,000