§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many cases were reported to each procurator fiscal by the police in each year since 1990.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonProcurators fiscal receive reports from over 50 reporting agencies including the police. The total numbers of such reports for each year since 1990 are given in the table. Separate statistics are not kept of the number of reports submitted by the police, but their reports will account for approximately 90 per cent. of the totals given.
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1990 CRIM reports Aberdeen 14,740 Airdrie 9,254 Alloa 3,341 Arbroath 3,104 Ayr 11,059 Banff 1,311 Campbeltown 665
§ Mr. Dorrell[holding answer 27 January 1994]: The information is given in the table. Estimates for 1992–93 onwards are based on a projection of the 1991–92 survey of personal incomes.
CRIM reports Cupar 2,800 Dingwall 1,931 Dornoch 546 Dumbarton 9,198 Dumfries 7,928 Dundee 15,016 Dunfermline 7,623 Dunoon 1,444 Duns 1,854 Edinburgh 37,028 Elgin 4,931 Falkirk 10,057 Forfar 3,624 Fort William 1,515 Glasgow 79,538 Greenock 7,080 Haddington 3,974 Hamilton 26,757 Inverness 6,946 Jedburgh 1,887 Kilmarnock 12,903 Kirkcaldy 8,130 Kirkcudbright 1,606 Kirkwall 616 Lanark 4,767 Lerwick 1,140 Linlithgow 9,566 Lochmaddy 199 Oban 1,141 Paisley 10,476 Peebles 1,029 Perth 11,392 Peterhead 2,959 Portree 574 Rothesay 289 Selkirk 2,411 Stirling 6,788 Stonehaven 3,637 Stornoway 1,030 Stranraer 2,124 Tain 1,542 Wick 1,426 Totals 360,896 459W
1991 CRIM reports Aberdeen 16,556 Airdrie 9,334 Alloa 3,526 Arbroath 3,151 Ayr 11,285 Banff 1,719 Campbeltown 875
CRIM reports Cupar 2,602 Dingwall 1,873 Dornoch 535 Dumbarton 9,757 Dumfries 8,620 Dundee 14,202 Dunfermline 8,058 Dunoon 1,433 Duns 1,963 Edinburgh 33,805 Elgin 5,261 Falkirk 10,897 Forfar 4,003 Fort William 1,562 Glasgow 81,564 Greenock 6,984 Haddington 3,595 Hamilton 25,519 Inverness 7,836 Jedburgh 2,255 Kilmarnock 12,650 Kirkcaldy 8,502 Kirkcudbright 1,826 Kirkwall 593 Lanark 6,539 Lerwick 950 Linlithgow 8,741 Lochmaddy 211 Oban 1,105 Paisley 11,799 Peebles 1,093 Perth 10,475 Peterhead 3,126 Portree 789 Rothesay 339 Selkirk 2,302 Stirling 7,218 Stonehaven 4,777 Stornoway 1,078 Stranraer 3,365 Tain 1,520 Wick 1,206 Totals 368,974 460W
1992 CRIM reports Aberdeen 15,846 Airdrie 8,907 Alloa 3,650 Arbroath 3,693 Ayr 10,552 Banff 1,542 Campbeltown 786 Cupar 3,020 Dingwall 1,827 Dornoch 542 Dumbarton 8,759 Dumfries 9,430 Dundee 13,225 Dunfermline 8,404 Dunoon 1,381 Duns 2,134 Edinburgh 34,487 Elgin 4,568 Falkirk 10,983 Forfar 3,800 Fort William 1,693 Glasgow 81,977 Greenock 7,129 Haddington 4,338 Hamilton 24,548 Inverness 8,059
CRIM reports Jedburgh 2,311 Kilmarnock 12,149 Kirkcaldy 8,915 Kirkcudbright 1,946 Kirkwall 627 Lanark 6,531 Lerwick 807 Linlithgow 8,655 Lochmaddy 236 Oban 1,113 Paisley 14,266 Peebles 1,423 Perth 9,833 Peterhead 3,188 Portree 494 Rothesay 307 Selkirk 2,043 Stirling 6,786 Stonehaven 3,346 Stornoway 785 Stranraer 3,196 Tain 1,500 Wick 1,326 Totals 367,063 461W
1993 CRIM reports Aberdeen 13,371 Airdrie 7,141 Alloa 2,933 Arbroath 2,879 Ayr 8,093 Banff 1,205 Campbeltown 652 Cupar 2,109 Dingwall 1,375 Dornoch 493 Dumbarton 7,573 Dumfries 6,411 Dundee 10,520 Dunfermline 6,508 Dunoon 1,068 Duns 1,211 Edinburgh 29,977 Elgin 3,669 Falkirk 7,832 Forfar 2,387 Fort William 1,556 Glasgow 72,638 Greenock 5,170 Haddington 3,766 Hamilton 17,296 Inverness 7,190 Jedburgh 1,727 Kilmarnock 9,811 Kirkcaldy 6,881 Kirkcudbright 1,155 Kirkwall 616 Lanark 4,716 Lerwick 789 Linlithgow 7,236 Lochmaddy 234 Oban 1,042 Paisley 11,734 Peebles 868 Perth 7,759 Peterhead 2,691 Portree 429 Rothesay 232 Selkirk 1,526 Stirling 5,202 Stonehaven 2,163
CRIM reports Stomoway 761 Stranraer 2,129 Tain 1,252 Wick 1,065 Totals 297,041
§ Mr. McFallTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what procedures are in operation to monitor the way in which procurators fiscal deal with cases reported to them by the police; and what account is taken of the results of such monitoring in the rewarding or career patterns of procurators fiscal and in the allocation of financial resources.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonProcurators fiscal prepare monthly reports of workload and performance. The information is analysed centrally in Crown Office for senior management. The work of local offices is monitored regularly by regional procurators fiscal and by the management services group in the Crown Office, which is engaged in a continuing programme of review. Procurators fiscal are subject to the directions of my noble and learned Friend, the Lord Advocate and must report serious cases for the instructions of his Deputes.
Financial resources are allocated on the basis of the workload of each office and the allocation takes account of the demands made by different types of case. A procurator fiscal is a civil servant. His competence is systematically appraised each year and he has the opportunity to earn performance pay. His performance is not measured in terms of results in court or by the number of convictions he obtains. The development of a procurate fiscal's career depends on how well he carries out a wide range of duties, and to advance he must be successful at promotion boards, which form part of the service's rigorous selection process.