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Mrs. Margaret Ewing
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were (a) the total number of full-time sheriffs and (b) the numbers of newly appointed full-time sheriffs in each of the last five years.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The full-time shrieval complement and the number of new appointments over the period 1986–1991 are set out in the table:
| Year | Initial complement | Final complement | New appointments |
| 1987 | 90 | 93 | 3 |
| 1988 | 93 | 95 | 5 |
| 1989 | 95 | 97 | 4 |
| 1990 | 97 | 97 | 4 |
| 1991 | 97 | 99 | 5 |