§ Ms Roseanna CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many staff are employed by the Scottish Legal Aid Board; and what is the total wage cost; [5661]
(2) how many employees at the Scottish Legal Aid Board are solicitors; and what is the total salary cost. [5662]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 25 November 1996]On 31 March 1996, the Scottish Legal Aid Board employed 268.6 full-time equivalent staff of whom eight were solicitors.
The total salary cost for the period 1995–96 was £4.8 million of which £0.3 million was paid to solicitors.
§ Ms CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the salaries paid to(a) members and (b) the chief executive of the Scottish Legal Aid Board. [5663]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 25 November 1996]The information is set out in the table:
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Scottish Legal Aid Board Chairman and Board Members Remuneration as at 31 March 1996 Salaries and NI costs £ Chairman Christine Davis 23,512 Member George Barrie 13,225 Member Kay Blair 13,225 Member Patricia Bolton 12,572 Member Pamela Bowman 13,776 Member Sheila Campbell 11,572 Member Jean Couper 13,776 Member Archibald Gilchrist 12,123 Member Peter Grinyer 13,776 Member David Leitch 13,776 Member Robert Livingstone 11,572 Member Colin McEachran 9,710 Member Robin McEwan Nil Member Gillian Peebles 12,572 Member Alexander Wylie 8,057 Total 183,244 Chief Executive's remuneration as at 31 March 1996 Chief Executive Richard Scott 61,875
§ Ms CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total value of abatements from legal aid accounts submitted by solicitors to the Scottish Legal Aid Board in the years 1994–95 and 1995–96; if he will list the cases where the abatement was more than (i) 25 per cent., (ii) 10 per cent. but not more than 25 per cent., (iii) 5 per cent. but not more than 10 per cent. and (iv) 3 per cent. but not more than 5 per cent. of the account rendered; and if he will express in percentage terms the relationship between the abatements and the total fund paid to solicitors exclusive of outlays. [5664]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 25 November 1996]The total value of abatements from legal aid accounts submitted by solicitors to the Scottish Legal Aid Board was £4.6 million in 1994–95 and £4.3 million in 1995–96.
Detailed information on abatement levels broken down by percentage is not available.