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Table 25

Fines imposed by Lay Magistrates in District Courts as Main Penalty, 1994 to 1997

	Percent fined				Average amount of fine imposed⁽²⁾ (Ł)				Number fined
Local Council⁽¹⁾	1994	1995	1996	1997	1994	1995	1996	1997	1997
Aberdeen City	85	85	83	85	71	72	70	75	2,831
Aberdeenshire	94	92	90	86	85	86	97	93	1,052
Angus	90	90	89	89	75	81	82	86	944
Argyll & Bute	79	79	83	86	42	46	59	60	534
Clackmannanshire	96	95	92	90	84	86	104	100	379
Dumfries & Galloway	91	91	91	94	81	86	88	87	2,381
Dundee City	73	75	75	76	76	79	85	83	2,105
East Ayrshire	81	82	84	79	61	70	61	64	1,073
East Dunbartonshire	83	80	72	65	81	85	78	80	221
East Lothian	93	91	85	87	97	103	88	80	621
East Renfrewshire	93	92	91	92	64	64	59	77	273
Edinburgh, City of	85	84	84	87	58	61	59	61	4,313
Eilean Siar ⁽³⁾	79	83	94	92	51	61	67	69	259
Falkirk	89	91	89	89	56	61	65	67	1,481
Fife	90	91	89	91	58	63	70	81	2,453
Glasgow City	89	89	84	85	77	89	103	104	7,321
Highland	85	80	82	83	75	75	80	83	1,752
Inverclyde	86	82	77	77	72	69	60	60	983
Midlothian	88	87	88	90	53	60	61	67	799
Moray	87	85	91	93	98	112	97	101	1,406
North Ayrshire	82	82	86	89	69	73	74	81	1,311
North Lanarkshire	81	77	77	83	66	63	71	71	3,439
Perth & Kinross	82	83	80	82	102	105	95	96	1,493
Renfrewshire	84	82	80	79	63	67	67	78	935
Scottish Borders	95	94	93	91	90	104	103	106	1,410
South Ayrshire	91	89	90	89	74	73	74	76	1,547
South Lanarkshire	84	88	88	87	88	107	108	98	3,044
Stirling	89	88	92	90	47	51	63	66	747
West Dunbartonshire	80	75	69	76	70	81	80	76	709
West Lothian	92	91	94	95	70	74	87	117	1,276
Scotland	87	86	85	86	73	80	82	84	49,092

(1) New single-tier councils replaced the region and district local authorities on 1 April 1996. The data for district courts collected prior to 1 April has been mapped to the new council area.
(2) Average of total fines imposed for all charges proved - see A.3 of Annex.
(3) Formerly known as the Western Isles.