Parliamentary Questions

Parliamentary Questions

• 2013

  Date	PQ Ref no	Scottish Court Service Responses to Parliamentary Questions (PQs)
  18 April 2013	S4W-13821	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how much money has been confiscated by the courts in each of the last five years following convictions for (i) the illegal sale of and (ii) selling illicit tobacco. View the document
  4 April 2013	S4W-13653	Neil Findlay MSP (Labour) (Lothian) To ask what the annual cost has been of paying expenses and other costs to witnesses and jurors for attending court since 2007, broken down by type of court. View the document
  4 April 2013	S4W-13654	Neil Findlay MSP (Labour) (Lothian) To ask how much (a) jurors and (b) witnesses are entitled to in (i) expenses and (ii) compensation for lost wages for attending court. View the document
  27 March 2013	S4W-13370	Lewis Macdonald MSP (Labour) (North East Scotland): To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12215 by Kenny MacAskill on 8 February 2013, how many (a) High Court fines, (b) Sheriff Court fines, (c) Justice of the Peace Court fines, (d) District Court fines, (e) Stipendary Magistrate Court fines and (f) fiscal direct penalties imposed for common assault since 2007 (a) have been paid (i) in full and (ii) in part and (b) are unpaid. View the document
  27 March 2013	S4W-13371	Lewis Macdonald MSP (Labour) (North East Scotland): To ask the Scottish Government, further to the answer to question S4W-12215 by Kenny MacASkill on 8 February 2013, how many (a) High Court fines, (b) Sheriff Court fines, (c) Justice of the Peace Court fines, (d) District Court fines, (e) Stipendary Magistrate Court fines and (f) fiscal direct penalties for drugs offences since 2007 (a) have been paid (i) in full and (ii) in part (b) are unpaid. View the document
  22 February 2013	S4W-12295	Neil Findlay MSP (Labour) (Lothian) To ask how many court caes have been cancelled in each year since 2007 and how many were cancelled due to lack of court time, also broken down by sheriffdom. View the document
  22 February 2013	S4W-12301	Neil Findlay MSP (Labour) (Lothian) To ask how many High Court cases have been cancelled due to a lack of court time in each year since 2007. View the document
  22 February 2013	S4W-12304	Neil Findlay MSP (Labour) (Lothian) To ask what the cost has been of providing court support services for trials that did not take place in each year since 2007. View the document
  22 February 2013	S4W-12305	Neil Findlay MSP (Labour) (Lothian) To ask what the cost has been of providing court support services for trials that did not take place due to lack of court time and had to be rescheduled in each year since 2007. View the document
  22 February 2013	S4W-12308	Neil Findlay MSP (Labour) (Lothian) To ask how many working days have been lost by (a) witnesses, (b) legal aid lawyers and (c) court staff attending court for trials that were cancelled due to lack of court time in each year since 2007. View the document
  22 February 2013	S4W-12309	Neil Findlay MSP (Labour) (Lothian) To ask how many working days have been lost by (a) witnesses, (b) legal aid lawyers and (c) court staff attending court for trials that were cancelled due to lack of court time in each year since 2007. View the document
  18 January 2013	S4W-11888	Lewis Macdonald MSP (Labour) (North East Scotland): To ask how many alleged offenders have been taken to court because of a failure to pay a fiscal direct penalty in each year since 2009. View the document
  18 January 2013	S4W-11866	Lewis Macdonald MSP (Labour) (North East Scotland): To ask which parts of the declaration of income form must be completed by an alleged offender who has accepted a fiscal direct penalty and whether completion of the form is mandatory. View the document
  18 January 2013	S4W-11865	Lewis Macdonald MSP (Labour) (North East Scotland): To ask whether the Scottish Court Service uses (a) seizure of vehicle, (b) earning arrestment, (c) deduction of benefit and (d) arrestment of funds orders to secure payment of fiscal direct penalties. View the document
  18 January 2013	S4W-11864	Lewis Macdonald MSP (Labour) (North East Scotland): To ask how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged due to the alleged offender being given a (a) supervised attendance order, (b) community service or payback order and (c) prison sentence in relation to a person's failure to pay such penalties in each year since 2009. View the document
  18 January 2013	S4W-11863	Lewis Macdonald MSP (Labour) (North East Scotland): To ask how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged due to the alleged offence being given a (a) supervised attendance order, (b) a community service or payback order or (c) a prison sentence in relation to a separate offence in each year since 2009. View the document
  18 January 2013	S4W-11862	Lewis Macdonald MSP (Labour) (North East Scotland): To ask how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged due to the alleged offender being give a (a) supervised attendance order, (b) community service or payback order and (c) prison sentence in realtion to the offence in each year since 2009. View the document
  18 January 2013	S4W-11859	Lewis Macdonald MSP (Labour) (North East Scotland): To ask how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged due to them be (a) refused, (b) recalled and (c) withdrawn in each year since 2009. View the document
  18 January 2013	S4W-11858,	Lewis Macdonald MSP (Labour) (North East Scotland): To ask how many fiscal direct penalties have been discharged due to the death of the alleged offender in each year since 2009. View the document
  9 January 2013	S4W-11789	Margaret Mitchell MSP (Conservative) (Central Scotland): To ask how many (a) courts have been affected and (b) cases have been delayed by strike action by solicitors in November and December 2012. View the document

• 2012

  
  

  Date	PQ Ref no	Scottish Court Service Responses to Parliamentary Questions (PQs)
  20 December 2012	S4W-11492	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how many criminal trials have been adjourned at Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court because of (a) a crown motion, (b) a defence motion, (c) failure to appear by an accused, (d) failure to appear by a witness, (e) lack of court time and (f) any other reason in the last three years View the document
  	S4W-11493	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask what analysis there has been of the people who might be affected by the removal of jury trials from Kirkcaldy Sheriff Court and what information it has on the percentage of people attending the court in the last three years who were (a) receiving benefits and (b) in employment. View the document
  18 December 2012	S4W-11295	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how many criminal trials have been adjourned at Alloa Sheriff Court because of (a) a crown motion, (b) a defence motion, (c) failure to appear by an accused, (d) failure to appear by a witness, (e) lack of court time and (f) any other reason in the last three years. View the document
  	S4W-11296	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask what transport costs might be incurred by (a) the Scottish Court Service, (b) the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, (c) the Scottish Legal Aid Board or (d) an individual travelling to the Stirling or Falkirk Court if Alloa Sheriff Court is closed? View the document
  	S4W-11297	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask what analysis there has been of people who might be affected by the closure of Alloa Sheriff Court and what information it has on the percentage of people attending the court in the last three years who were (a) receiving benefits and (b) in employment? View the document
  	S4W-11298	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask what estimate it has made of (a) the cost to the Police of travelling to Stirling and Falkirk and (b) impact on Police time if Alloa Sheriff Court is closed? View the document
  	S4W-11299	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask what costs the Scottish Court Service will be liable for in relation to the Alloa Sheriff Court building if the Court is closed? View the document
  	S4W-11300	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask what the alternative uses are for the Alloa Sheriff Court building; what the likelihood is of selling the building, and what its sale value is? View the document
  	S4W-11301	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how much money has been spent on upgrading and maintenance of the Alloa Sheriff Court building since 1990? View the document
  	S4W-11302	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask what costs have been incurred through property acquisitions to expand or increase facilities at Alloa Sheriff Court since 1990? View the document
  	S4W-11303	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask what assessment SCS has made of the risk to legal businesses in Clackmannanshire if Alloa Sheriff Court is closed? View the document
  	S4W-11304	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how many jobs will be lost of Alloa Sheriff Court is closed? View the document
  	S4W-11305	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask what the economic impact on Clackmannanshire will be if Alloa Sheriff Court is closed? View the document
  	S4W-11306	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask whether Clackmannanshire will be the only mainland local authority that no longer has a court if Alloa Sheriff Court is closed?     View the document
  	S4W-11307	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how many (a) children’s referrals, (b) appeals under section 51 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995, (c) permanence applications, (d) adoptions, (e) cases under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 1995 and (f) guardian applications involving children were heard in Alloa Sheriff Court in the last three years and how many sitting days this involved. View the document
  	S4W-11308	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how many sitting days at Alloa Sheriff Court have been taken up by (a) family and (b) non-family civil cases in the last three years. View the document
  	S4W-11309	Richard Simpson MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask what the (a) average, (b) medium and (c) longest delay has been in Alloa Sheriff Court in relation to hearings involving children in the last three years. View the document
  17 December 2012	S4W-11767	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask for what reason it changed the key performance indicator for sheriff court trials from the percentage completed within 20 to within 26 weeks, and whether any further changes are planned. View the document
  17 December 2012	S4W-11231	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how many jury trials at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court were called but adjourned for lack of court time in the last five years. View the document
  	S4W-11232	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how many summary procedures without a jury at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court were called but adjourned for lack of court time in the last five years. View the document
  	S4W-11236	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask whether the Fife Drugs Court in Kirkcaldy will be closed as a result of changes proposed in the Scottish Court Service's consultation on court structures. View the document
  	S4W-11237	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how many days the Fife Drug Court has sat at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court in the last five years. View the document
  	S4W-11238	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask how many Fife Drug Court appearances at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court were called but adjourned for lack of court time in the last five years. View the document
  21 November 2012	S4W-10705	Alex Johnstone MSP (Conservative) North East Scotland): To ask how many solemn criminal trials are expected to be transferred from Aberdeen Sheriff Court to Stonehaven Sheriff Court in 2013.  View the document
  	S4W-10708	Alex Johnstone MSP (Conservative) North East Scotland): To ask how many solemn criminal trials at (a) Aberdeen and (b) Stonehaven Sheriff Court were called but adjourned for lack of court time in 2011. View the document
  	S4W-10707	Alex Johnstone MSP (Conservative) North East Scotland): To ask how many (a) summary and (b) solemn criminal trials at sheriff courts were called but adjourned for lack of court time in 2011. View the document
  	S4W-10711	Alex Johnstone MSP (Conservative) North East Scotland): To ask how many civil proofs, including ordinary, family, summary cause or small claim, at (a) Aberdeen and (b) Stonehaven Sheriff Court were called but adjourned for lack of court time in 2011. View the document
  	S4W-10713	Alex Johnstone MSP (Conservative) North East Scotland): To ask how many civil proofs, including ordinary, family, summary cause and small claim, at sheriff courts were called but adjourned for lack of court time in 2011. View the document
  	S4W-10714	Alex Johnstone MSP (Conservative) North East Scotland): To ask how many civil debates at (a) Aberdeen and (b) Stonehaven Sheriff Court were called but adjourned for lack of court time in 2011. View the document
  	S4W-10716	Alex Johnstone MSP (Conservative) North East Scotland): To ask how many civil debates at sheriff courts were called but adjourned for lack of court time in 2011. View the document
  	S4W-10717	Alex Johnstone MSP (Conservative) North East Scotland): To ask how many solemn criminal trials are expected to be transferred from Aberdeen Sheriff Court to Stonehaven Sheriff Court in 2013. View the document
  6 November 2012	S4W-10194	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask how many (a) re-employed retired and (b) part-time sheriffs have been emplyed in each month since April 2007, broken down by sheriffdom.  View the document
  15 October 2012	S4W-09851	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask the Scottish Government how many Jury trials have taken place at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court in each of the last five years. view the document.
  	S4W-09852	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask the Scottish Government for how many days (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court has sat in each of the last five years. view the document.
  	S4W-09853	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask the Scottish Government how many Indictments have been registered at (a) Kirkcaldy and (b) Dunfermline Sheriff Court in each of the last five years. view the document.
  	S4W-09854	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask the Scottish Government how many days Kirkcaldy Justice of the Peace Court has sat in each of the last five years. view the document.
  	S4W-09855	Claire Baker MSP (Labour) (Mid Scotland and Fife): To ask the Scottish Government how many Indictments have been registered at Kirkcaldy Justice of the Peace Court in each of the last five years. view the document.
  11 October 2012	S4W-09532	Hugh Henry MSP (Labour) (Paisley South): How long it takes for divorce cases to be (a) heard and (b) concluded in each sheriff court. view the document.
  27 September 2012	S4W-09363	Jenny Marra (Labour) (North East Scotland) How much was collected in fees for first instance cases in the Court of Session in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and c) 2010-11 view the document.
  23 July 2012	S4W-08366	Gordon MacDonald (SNP) (Edinburgh Pentlands) To ask how many court cases to resolve family contact disputes there have been under the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 view the document.
  16 July 2012	S4W-08081	Nanette Milne (Conservative) (North East Scotland) To ask how many mortgage repossession orders have been issued in each year since 2007, broken down by Sherriff Court. view the document.
  	S4W-08081	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask on how many occasions the Scottish Court Service has used (a) a seizure of vehicle order, (b) an arrestment of funds order, (c) a deduction from benefits order and (d) an earnings arrestment order to recover unpaid fines and arrears from antisocial behaviour fixed penalty orders in each year since 2007. view the document
  	S4W-08082	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask on how many occasions the Scottish Court Service has used (a)a seizure of vehicle order, (b) an arrestment of funds order, (c) a deduction from benefits order and (d) an earnings arrestment order to recover unpaid fines and arrears from Justice of the Peace Court fines in each year since 2007. view the document
  	S4W-08083	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask on how many occasions the Scottish Court Service has used (a) a seizure of vehicle order, (b) an arrestment of funds order, (c) a deduction from benefits order and (d) an earnings arrestment order to recover unpaid fines and arrears from Sheriff Court fines in each year since 2007. view the document
  	S4W-08084	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask on how many occasions the Scottish Court Service has used (a) a seizure of vehicle order, (b) an arrestment of funds order, (c) a deduction from benefits order and (d) an earnings arrestment order to recover unpaid fines and arrears from fiscal penalties in each year since 2007. view the document
  	S4W-08085	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask how much money the Scottish Court Service has recovered through the use of (a) seizure of vehicle orders, (b) arrestment of funds orders, (c) deduction from benefits orders and (d) earnings arrestment orders from unpaid and in arrears antisocial behaviour fixed penalty orders in each year since 2007. view the document
  	S4W-08086	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask how much money the Scottish Court Service has recovered through the use of (a) seizure of vehicle orders, (b) arrestment of funds orders, (c) deduction from benefits orders and (d) earnings arrestment orders from unpaid and in arrears Justice of the Peace court fines in each year since 2007. view the document
  	S4W-08087	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask how much money the Scottish Court Service has recovered through the use of (a) seizure of vehicle orders, (b) arrestment of funds orders, (c) deduction from benefits orders and (d) earnings arrestment orders from unpaid and in arrears Sheriff Court fines in each year since 2007. view the document
  	S4W-08088	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask how much money the Scottish Court Service has recovered through the use of (a) seizure of vehicle orders, (b) arrestment of funds orders, (c) deduction from benefits orders and (d) earnings arrestment orders from unpaid and in arrears fiscal penalties each year since 2007. view the document
  	S4W-08089	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask how long on average the Scottish Court Service has waited before implementing enforcement measures for the recovery of unpaid fines and arrears in each year since 2007. view the document
  	S4W-08092	Lewis Macdonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) To ask what the value is of fines not imposed as a result of courts imposing supervised attendance orders on offenders who are unable to pay, in each year since 2007. view the document
  03 July 2012	S4W-07773	Margaret Mitchell (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) (Central Scotland) how many Forced Marriage Protection Orders have been (a) issued and (b) breached since November 2011? view the document
  19 April 2012	S4W-06437	Jamie Hepburn (SNP) (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) what the position of the Scottish Court Service is on a judge sitting on a criminal appeal who is related to either the counsel of the appellant or representatives of the Crown? view the document
  27 January 2012	S4W-04804	Lewis MacDonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) what the real-terms reduction in the Scottish Court Service (a) revenue and (b) capital budget will be in (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13, (iii) 2013-14 and (iv) 2014-15. view the document
  	S4W-04807	Lewis MacDonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) how many (a) High Court, (b) Sheriff Court and (c) Justice of the Peace Court trials have been delayed in 2011-12 and were delayed in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2009-10, (iii) 2008-09, (iv) 2007-08 and (v) 2006-07 view the document
  	S4W-04808	Lewis MacDonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) how many defendants have changed their preliminary hearing plea from not guilty to guilty prior to trial in each of the last five years. view the document
  	S4W-04809	Lewis MacDonald (Labour) (North East Scotland) how the Scottish Court Service assists (a) witnesses and (b) victims of crime attending trials away from home. view the document
  24 January 2012	S4W-04741	John Lamont (Conservative) (Roxburghe and Berwickshire) whether the Scottish Courts Service plans to close (a) Selkirk and (b) Duns sheriff courts. view the document
  24 January 2012	S4W-04703	Iain Gray (Labour) (East Lothian) whether the Scottish Courts Service plans to close Haddington Sheriff Court. view the document
  	S4W-04704	Iain Gray (Labour) (East Lothian) whether the Scottish Courts Service has been asked to draw up plans for saving money by closing sheriff courts. view the document
  	S4W-04705	Iain Gray (Labour) (East Lothian) what consideration it gives to the needs of local communities when considering changes to the local court network. view the document

• 2010

  
  

  Date	PQ Ref no	Scottish Court Service Responses to Parliamentary Questions (PQs)
  22 December 2010	S3W-38031	Richard Baker (Labour) (North East Scotland) . What consideration it has given to courts opening on Saturdays; what assessment it has made of the potential cost or savings associated with such a proposal, and when could it be implemented. View the document
  21 October 2010	PQ S3W-36688	Gavin Brown (Con) (Lothians). How many court fines have not been paid and what the total value has been of such fines in each year since 2008 ? Broken down by sheriffdom View the document
  12 October 2010	S3W-36009	Dr Richard Simpson SMP (Lab) (Mid Scotland and Fife). What the (a) average, (b) median and (c) longest delays are in courts hearing applications for all forms of guardianship under the Adults with Incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000 in each of the last three year? View the document
  12 August 2010	S3W-35315	Richard Baker (Labour) (North East Scotland): How many interpretation assignments have been undertaken by the Scottish Court Service in each month of 2010, broken down by interpreters (a) with and (b) without a Diploma in Public Service Interpreting? View the document
  	S3W-35318	Richard Baker (Labour) (North East Scotland): Since the implementation of the framework contract for the provision of interpreting, translation and transcription services, on how many occasions courts have advised the SCS about a case in which an aspect of the performance of the interpretation service has had an effect on proceedings, broken down by month, and how this compares with the situation prior to the introduction of the framework contract. View the document
  24 May 2010	S3W-33345	Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Conservative): To ask the Scottish Court Service how many criminal appeals are outstanding. View the document
  	S3W-33346	Bill Aitken (Glasgow) (Conservative) To ask the Scottish Court Service how many outstanding criminal appeals there are in relation to cases disposed of by the court of first instance in (a) 2009, (b) 2008 (c) 2007 and (d) prior to 2007 View the document
  20 May 2010	S3W-33691	Richard Baker (North East Scotland) (Labour): To ask the Scottish Court Service about the effects of an increase in VAT from 17.5%to 20%

• 2011

  
  

  Date	PQ Ref no	Scottish Court Service Responses to Parliamentary Questions (PQs)
  12 December 2011	S4W-04054	Alison McInnes MSP (Scottish Liberal Democrats) (North East Scotland) : . How many full-time-equivalent staff the Office of the Public Guardian in Scotland has employed in each of the last five years? view the document
  	S4W-04055	Alison McInnes MSP (Scottish Liberal Democrats) (North East Scotland) : . What the staffing costs of the Office of the Public Guardian in Scotland have been in each of the last five years? view the document
  	S4W-04056	Alison McInnes MSP (Scottish Liberal Democrats) (North East Scotland) : . What percentage of powers of attorney the Office of the Public Guardian in Scotland has registered within 30 days in each of the last four quarters? view the document
  	S4W-04057	Alison McInnes MSP (Scottish Liberal Democrats) (North East Scotland) : . What average time the Office of the Public Guardian in Scotland has taken to register powers of attorney in each of the last four quarters? view the document
  	S4W-04058	Alison McInnes MSP (Scottish Liberal Democrats) (North East Scotland) : . What maximum time the Office of the Public Guardian in Scotland has taken to register powers of attorney in each of the last four quarters? view the document
  08 November 2011	S4W-02903	Graeme Pearson MSP (Labour) (South Scotland): How many pleadings by video conference took place in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11? view the document
  01 July 2011	S4W-01143	Jamie Hepburn (SNP) (Cumbernauld and Kilsyth): How many appeals of a determination by the Pensions Ombudsman have been heard by the Court of Session? view the document
  09 February 2011	S3W-38875	Mary Scanlon (Conservative) (Highlands & Islands) : Whether the Scottish Executive plans to build a new sheriff court in Inverness. view the document
  04 February 2011	S3W-39154	Margaret Mitchell (Conservative) (Central Scotland): . How many unpaid fixed penalty notices have been written off in each of the last three years, broken down by (a) sheriff court and (b) offence committed. view the document
  21 January 2011	S3W-38327	Hugh Henry (Labour) (Paisley South): . How many warrants were issued for those who failed to appear at a fines court in 2009-10. view the document
  	S3W-38328	Hugh Henry (Labour) (Paisley South): . How many people have reappeared at a fines court following a failure to fulfill previous requests in each year since 2007 view the document
  	S3W-38332	Hugh Henry (Labour) (Paisley South): . How many fiscal fines were not paid in 2009-10. view the document
  	S3W-38333	Hugh Henry (Labour) (Paisley South): . How many unpaid fixed penalty notice cases were taken before a fines court in 2009-10. view the document
  20 January 2011	S3W-38230	Bill Aitken (Conservative) (Glasgow) . How many cases have been brought before the domestic abuse court in each of the last five years. view the document
  	S3W-38231	Bill Aitken (Conservative) (Glasgow) . In how many cases before the domestic abuse court the accused plead at the (a) first appearance and (b) intermediate diet and was found guilty after trial in each of the last five years. view the document
  20 January 2011	S3W-38322	Hugh Henry (Labour) (Paisley South) . Whether Justices of the Peace have been instructed not to put people subject to a fixed penalty notice on supervised attendance orders. view the document
  	S3W-38324	Hugh Henry (Labour) (Paisley South) . Whether a Justice of the Peace, when presiding in a fines court, is given information relating to the reason for the issue of a fixed penalty notice. view the document
  	S3W-38325	Hugh Henry (Labour) (Paisley South) . What disposal is available to a Justice of the Peace when a person appearing for non-payment of a fixed penalty notice is unable to pay. view the document
  	S3W-38326	Hugh Henry (Labour) (Paisley South) . What action is taken when a person fails to pay an outstanding fine despite being instructed to do so by a Justice of the Peace. view the document
  	S3W-38331	Hugh Henry (Labour) (Paisley South) . What action is taken when a person fails to pay a Fiscal Fine. view the document
  05 January 2011	S3W-37900	Robert Brown (Liberal Democrat) (Glasgow) . What the average length of time was for a criminal case to be dealt with by (a) sheriff and (b) district courts in each of the last three years, broken down by police force area. view the document
  	S3W-37901	Robert Brown (Liberal Democrat) (Glasgow) . What the maximum length of time was for a criminal case to be dealt with by (a) sheriff and (b) district courts in each of the last three years, broken down by police force area. view the document