To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total budget for procurator fiscal offices in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [40202]
Expenditure on salaries and running costs for the procurator fiscal service in each of the last 10 years was as follows:
| Year | Amount £000 |
| 1986–87 | 12,589 |
| 1987–88 | 13,678 |
| 1988–89 | 14,947 |
| 1989–90 | 16,536 |
Year
| Amount £000
|
| 1990–91 | 18,403 |
| 1991–92 | 20,821 |
| 1992–93 | 22,119 |
| 1993–94 | 25,138 |
| 1994–95 | 25,607 |
| 1995–96 | 27,799 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total spending on staff salaries in procurators fiscal offices in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. [40175]
Total spending on staff salaries in the procurator fiscal service in each of the last 10 years was as follows:
| Year | Amount £000 |
| 1986–1987 | 9,331 |
| 1987–88 | 10,046 |
| 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | |
| Aberdeen | 10.5 | 9.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Banff | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dingwall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dornoch | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elgin | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Fort William | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Inverness | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Kirkwall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lerwick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Portree | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lochmaddy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterhead | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stonehaven | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Stornoway | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tain | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Wick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Alloa | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.6 |
| Arbroath | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Cupar | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dundee | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Dunfermline | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4.6 | 5 |
| Falkirk | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4.5 |
| Forfar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Kirkcaldy | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Perth | 4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 5 | 6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 |
| Stirling | 1 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 5 |
| Duns | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Edinburgh | 23 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 27 | 27.5 | 28.9 |
| Haddington | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Jedburgh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Linlithgow | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Peebles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Selkirk | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Campbeltown | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dumbarton | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6.6 | 6 |
| Dunoon | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Greenock | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Kilmarnock | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8.7 | 7 |
| Oban | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Paisley | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 11.4 | 12.4 |
| Rothesay | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Airdrie | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7.2 | 6.8 |
| Ayr | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| Dumfries | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Hamilton | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17.5 | 18 | 18 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 18.4 | 19.4 |
| Kirkcudbright | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanark | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2> | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Stranraer | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Glasgow | 56.5 | 58.5 | 57 | 59 | 57 | 60.5 | 62.5 | 58.5 | 63 | 62 | 62.3 | 61.5 |
Year
| Amount £000
|
| 1988–89 | 11,202 |
| 1989–90 | 12,461 |
| 1990–91 | 14,365 |
| 1991–92 | 15,727 |
| 1992–93 | 16,888 |
| 1993–94 | 19,842 |
| 1994–95 | 20,332 |
| 1995–96 | 21,089 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many (i) procurators fiscal and (ii) deputy procurators fiscal have been employed in each district in each year since 1985; and if he will make a statement. [40203]
The total number of procurators fiscal, assistant procurators fiscal, senior deputes and deputes employed in each district since 1985 is as follows:
There is a procurator fiscal for each of the districts listed. However in Dornoch, Kirkwall, Tain, Duns, Peebles, Rothesay, Lochmaddy and Kirkcudbright the procurator fiscal also has responsibility for a neighbouring district.