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Mr. McTaggart
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the average delay in hearing cases at Glasgow district court; and if there are any proposals to increase staff employed at the court.
Mr. Rifkind
The approximate period between pleading diet and trial diet at Glasgow district court in custody cases is three weeks; in non-custody cases the period is 31 to 32
| Central government direct grant (recurrent) | |||||||||
| Scottish central institutions 1979–80—1987–88 (£ million) | |||||||||
| Central institutions | 1979–80 | 1980–81 | 1981–82 | 1982–831 | 1983–84 | 1984–85 | 1985–86 | 1986–87 | 1987—88 |
| Robert Gordon's Institute of Technology | 3·763 | 5·073 | 5·477 | 7·226 | 8·119 | 8·432 | 29·172 | 29·999 | 10·642 |
| Paisley College of Technology | 3·483 | 4·814 | 5·252 | 6·694 | 7·294 | 7·784 | 28·399 | 29·076 | 9·443 |
| Dundee College of Technology | 2·227 | 3·094 | 3·032 | 4·061 | 4·351 | 4·676 | 24·993 | 25·536 | 5·756 |
| Glasgow College of Technology3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 24·721 | 29·897 | 10·337 |
| Napier College of Commerce and Technology3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25·944 | 214·054 | 14·498 |
| Scottish College of Textiles | 0·711 | 0·972 | 1·190 | 1·471 | 1·709 | 2·011 | 1·883 | 22·025 | 2·087 |
| Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art | 1·515 | 2·028 | 2·100 | 2·608 | 2·798 | 2·897 | 3·028 | 3·180 | 3·337 |
| Edinburgh College of Art | 1·649 | 2·241 | 2·446 | 2·815 | 3·145 | 3·272 | 3·443 | 3·619 | 3·742 |
| Glasgow School of Art | 1·462 | 2·020 | 2·216 | 2·648 | 2·812 | 2·985 | 3·120 | 3·330 | 3·474 |
| Queen Margaret College | 1·512 | 2·158 | 2·338 | 2·928 | 3·127 | 3·248 | 3·506 | 3·662 | 3·807 |
| Queen's College Glasgow | 1·093 | 1·462 | 1·535 | 1·962 | 2·150 | 2·298 | 2·490 | 2·625 | 2·755 |
| Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama | 0·722 | 0·993 | 1·151 | 1·263 | 1·395 | 1·482 | 1·554 | 1·673 | 2·058 |
| Micro Electronics Development Centre | — | — | 0·144 | 0·207 | 0·271 | 0·316 | 0·318 | 0·346 | 0·418 |
| Leith Nautical College | 1·020 | 1·407 | 1·462 | 1·604 | 1·710 | 1·628 | 1·612 | 1·684 | 40·645 |
| Total | 19·157 | 26·262 | 28·343 | 35·487 | 38·881 | 41·029 | 63·418 | 70·706 | 72·999 |
| 1 The significant increase between 1981–82 and 1982–83 reflects the reduction in tuition fees paid by home students by 50 per cent. | |||||||||
| 2 Figures include grant allocated under the Switch to Technology Programme. (£1·7 million has been earmarked for Switch Phase III in 1987–88 but not yet allocated). | |||||||||
| 3 Napier College of Commerce and Technology and Glasgow College of Technology joined the Central Institution Sector on 1 September 1985, and the figures reflect recurrent grant from the Scottish Education Department. | |||||||||
| 4 LNC will transfer to the local authority sector with effect from 1 August 1987. | |||||||||
weeks before a stipendiary magistrate and 14 weeks before a justice of the peace. The number of staff employed at the court is a matter for the district council.