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Table 17

Community Service Orders imposed in Sheriff Summary Courts, 1994 to 1997

	Percent given community service				Average length (hours)⁽¹⁾				Number given community service
Sheriff Court	1994	1995	1996	1997	1994	1995	1996	1997	1997
Aberdeen	5	7	5	7	124	138	134	148	333
Airdrie	3	4	5	4	165	159	143	166	92
Alloa	6	3	5	7	115	139	120	138	45
Arbroath	6	6	5	6	132	131	122	132	56
Ayr	4	5	6	6	135	144	123	127	178
Banff	4	3	5	2	138	146	143	174	9
Campbeltown	2	3	2	4	113	163	130	120	10
Cupar	11	12	12	9	116	111	113	142	65
Dingwall	5	7	6	4	114	110	114	116	25
Dornoch	3	6	4	1	156	151	149	80	2
Dumbarton	4	5	5	5	127	136	144	145	98
Dumfries	4	5	5	7	148	132	141	146	119
Dundee	7	7	7	9	127	127	124	144	281
Dunfermline	5	6	7	7	157	159	165	185	158
Dunoon	5	4	6	8	158	160	149	159	37
Duns	12	9	8	9	106	122	98	114	15
Edinburgh	7	6	7	6	119	123	127	133	592
Elgin	5	7	9	7	99	101	107	130	86
Falkirk	4	3	5	4	143	150	150	160	94
Forfar	4	6	6	5	126	141	120	134	34
Fort William	4	3	2	4	143	155	172	152	20
Glasgow	8	8	10	10	141	146	149	151	978
Greenock	5	7	6	8	124	124	139	140	157
Haddington	5	8	9	8	137	130	117	126	60
Hamilton	7	5	6	6	162	158	156	170	301
Inverness	5	7	8	7	143	149	157	143	118
Jedburgh	10	9	6	8	125	104	107	132	35
Kilmarnock	5	5	6	5	173	170	166	169	179
Kirkcaldy	5	8	7	7	124	131	123	146	192
Kirkcudbright	5	5	5	3	143	166	171	167	13
Kirkwall	2	3	4	3	161	131	104	158	9
Lanark	9	6	6	6	126	126	136	141	74
Lerwick	2	4	4	3	116	123	100	150	11
Linlithgow	4	5	6	5	133	113	139	146	112
Lochmaddy	5	8	6	4	128	108	90	100	4
Oban	4	4	5	5	149	169	146	150	19
Paisley	8	6	5	6	155	148	161	158	218
Peebles	5	6	6	8	119	146	123	145	13
Perth	6	5	4	5	145	128	120	131	103
Peterhead	3	2	4	4	184	150	152	159	45
Portree	5	3	3	8	155	216	200	190	8
Rothesay	5	7	4	7	97	135	111	166	7
Selkirk	8	8	6	5	126	108	128	129	17
Stirling	6	4	5	6	126	147	136	149	78
Stonehaven	3	4	4	3	117	140	187	155	32
Stornoway	3	3	2	3	131	108	180	152	11
Stranraer	4	4	3	5	124	145	162	166	45
Tain	4	7	6	8	120	118	138	155	28
Wick	6	4	4	7	111	114	135	143	31
Scotland	6	6	6	7	137	138	140	148	5,247

(1) Average of total sentence length imposed for all charges proved - see A.3 of Annex.