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Home Repossessions

Mrs. Laing: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many home repossessions there were in Scotland in each year since 1992. [77765]

Mr. McLeish [holding answer 25 March 1999]: Figures in relation to repossession of property by mortgage lenders have only been collected by the courts since a revised system of collecting Civil Judicial Statistics was instituted on 1 January 1994. Figures are not available prior to this time.

Figures for the number of home repossession orders granted in Scotland for each year since 1994 are shown in the table. Not all lenders who are granted decrees actually enforce them.

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Court	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
Aberdeen	15	90	202	186	178
Airdrie	107	106	138	200	244
Alloa	12	37	31	36	70
Arbroath	20	7	14	37	60
Ayr	39	106	98	142	149
Banff	0	17	16	15	23
Campbeltown	7	12	7	7	13
Cupar	33	32	52	44	37
Dingwall	16	26	14	17	22
Dornoch	3	4	1	1	4
Dumbarton	47	125	105	106	197
Dumfries	28	58	54	42	50
Dundee	69	94	165	149	168
Dunfermline	96	124	132	157	185
Dunoon	15	14	13	18	29
Duns	8	10	16	11	15
Edinburgh	245	419	501	536	574
Elgin	28	30	58	35	37
Falkirk	68	112	142	118	142
Forfar	9	8	29	19	31
Fort William	0	4	6	4	11
Glasgow	479	689	872	869	1,051
Greenock	3	8	50	46	80
Haddington	60	64	82	88	74
Hamilton	109	236	253	171	75
Inverness	23	62	64	80	110
Jedburgh	11	21	21	22	36
Kilmarnock	88	194	216	221	268
Kirkcaldy	53	132	155	176	224
Kirkcudbright	11	11	19	16	5
Kirkwall	5	4	13	4	2
Lanark	0	49	58	52	66
Lerwick	2	4	3	2	12
Linlithgow	91	180	209	160	251
Lochmaddy	2	2	7	1	3
Oban	8	8	12	12	18
Paisley	36	203	176	198	149
Peebles	10	9	10	7	6
Perth	44	76	109	84	108
Peterhead	48	35	65	53	62
Portree	4	2	8	4	8
Rothesay	5	5	2	7	10
Selkirk	18	16	17	24	38
Stirling	37	39	34	47	66
Stonehaven	21	32	42	40	22
Stornoway	0	1	13	5	9
Stranraer	18	20	20	21	26
Tain	5	7	13	15	11
Wick	2	10	2	0	1
Grand Total	2,058	3,554	4,339	4,305	5,030

From 1 July 1999, this will be a matter for the Scottish Parliament.

Civil Servants (Appraisal)

Mr. McDonnell: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the appraisal performance markings awarded to civil servants in 1998 for (a) each agency in his Department and (b) the Department broken down by (i) grade, (ii) gender, (iii) ethnicity, (iv) part-time/ full-time working and (v) disability; and for (1) each agency and (2) the Department whether the Cabinet Office's four fifths rule for detecting potential adverse impact was applied to the appraisal markings of civil servants in the 1998 report round. [78144]

Mr. Dewar [holding answer 26 March 1999]: Information for the 1998 appraisal round is shown in the tables.

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Departments and Agencies have authority to determine their own performance review arrangements for their staff outside the Senior Civil Service, subject to certain conditions. Within The Scottish Office, the Scottish Prison Service and Historic Scotland Executive Agencies have adopted different review arrangements from the remainder of the department.

In order to protect individual anonymity, it has been necessary to combine the results for the agencies other than Scottish Prison Service and Historic Scotland.

The four-fifths rule is not an absolute measure, but may be an indicator that further analysis is required. It is not the approach currently used within The Scottish Office. Instead, annual statistical analyses of all appraisal markings are routinely carried out, and the results reported to top management. This includes analysis by gender and grade. Detailed analysis for the 1998 round is not yet complete.

From 1 July 1999, responsibility for the Civil Service is a reserved matter, but staff appraisal will be a delegated matter.

Scottish Office CorePercentage gaining performance mark

	Box 1	Box 2	Box 3	Box 4/5
Grade
Band A	6.8	58.4	34.1	0.6
Band B	5.5	64.5	(43)--	(43)--
Band C	13.1	67.3	(43)--	(43)--
Gender
Female	8.8	63.2	(43)--	(43)--
Male	5.6	61.4	32.6	0.5
Ethnicity
Ethnic	0.0	50.0	(43)--	(43)--
Other	7.2	62.3	30.2	0.3
Full Time/Part Time
Full Time	7.0	62.1	30.5	0.4
Part Time	8.7	64.4	26.9	0.0
Disability
Not Disabled/Not Known	7.2	62.4	30.1	0.3
Self-Declared Disabled	(43)--	57.8	(43)--	(43)--
Total	7.1	62.3	30.2	0.4

(43) Figures withheld to avoid disclosure

Scottish Office Core and Agencies (excluding HS and SPS)Percentage gaining performance mark

	Box 1	Box 2	Box 3	Box 4/5
Grade
Band A	6.4	58.9	34.0	0.7
Band B	5.4	63.4	(44)--	(44)--
Band C	12.5	67.6	(44)--	(44)--
Gender
Female	8.4	63.6	27.8	0.3
Male	5.3	60.6	33.5	0.5
Ethnicity
Ethnic	0.0	52.9	(44)--	(44)--
Other	6.8	62.0	30.8	0.4
Full time/Part time
Full Time	6.7	61.8	31.1	0.4
Part Time	7.5	64.7	27.8	0.0
Disability
Not Disabled/Not Known	6.8	62.1	30.7	0.4
Self-Declared Disabled	(44)--	58.5	(44)--	(44)--
Total	6.7	62.0	30.9	0.4

(44) Figures withheld to avoid disclosure

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Scottish Prison ServicePercentage gaining performance mark

	A rating	B rating	C/D rating
Grade
Band A	10.1	77.5	12.4
Band B	7.3	71.5	21.2
Band C	5.6	68.3	26.1
Band D	14.7	80.7	4.6
Band E	21.2	74.9	4.0
Band F/G	17.2	73.5	9.3
Band H/I	40.0	60.0	0.0
Gender
Female	15.2	68.5	16.3
Male	12.7	77.3	10.0
Ethnicity
Ethnic	(45)--	(45)--	(45)--
Other	13.1	76.0	10.9
Full Time/Part Time
Full Time	13.2	75.9	11.0
Part Time	0.0	(45)--	(45)--
Disability
Not Disabled/Not Known	13.4	75.4	11.2
Self-Declared Disabled	6.8	86.9	6.3
Total	13.1	75.9	11.0

(45) Figures withheld to avoid disclosure

Historic ScotlandPercentage gaining performance mark

	Box 1	Box 2	Box 3/4
Grade
Band A	11.3	(46)--	(46)--
Band B	20.4	79.6	0.0
Band C	19.1	(46)--	(46)--
Band D	43.9	(46)--	(46)--
Band E	41.7	58.3	0.0
Band F/G	27.8	72.2	0.0
Band H/I	(46)--	(46)--	0.0
Gender
Female	31.2	68.8	0.0
Male	17.6	80.6	1.8
Ethnicity
Ethnic	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other	21.1	77.6	1.3
Full Time/Part Time
Full Time	21.1	77.6	1.3
Part Time	(46)--	(46)--	0.0
Disability
Not Disabled/Not Known	21.2	77.5	1.3
Self-Declared Disabled	(46)--	(46)--	0.0
Total	21.1	77.6	1.3

(46) Figures withheld to avoid disclosure

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Senior Civil ServicePercentage gaining performance mark

	Box 1	Box 2+/2	Box 3+/3	Box 4/5
Grade
Senior Civil Service	13.3	58.2	28.5	0.0
Gender
Female	19.0	47.6	33.3	0.0
Male	12.4	59.9	27.7	0.0
Ethnicity
Ethnic	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other	13.0	58.2	28.5	0.0
Full-Time/Part-Time
Full Time	12.0	54.4	26.6	0.0
Part Time	(47)--	54.5	(47)--	0.0
Disability
Not Disabled/Not Known	13.3	58.2	28.5	0.0
Self-Declared Disabled	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Total	13.3	58.2	28.5	0.0

(47) Figures withheld to avoid disclosure

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