How many, and what value of, fines were written off in each of the last three years, broken down by sheriff court district.

The information available is given in the following tables. The values of district court fines remitted are not held centrally. The system for writing off sheriff court fines changed in the course of the year 2001-02. Fines due for write off in 2001-02 were not written off until after the end of the financial year and so will be included in the data for 2002-03.Fines Written Off in the Sheriff Courts, 1999-2000 to 2000-01 | 1999-2000 | 2000-01
No. of Fines | Value (£) | No. of Fines | Value (£)
Aberdeen | 84 | 21,615 | 51 | 10,680
Airdrie | 71 | 15,575 | 49 | 11,823
Alloa | 8 | 977 | 6 | 540
Arbroath | 29 | 9,063 | 23 | 6,364
Ayr | 64 | 22,053 | 71 | 21,782
Banff | 3 | 506 | 2 | 490
Campbeltown | 12 | 3,609 | 19 | 6,286
Cupar | 4 | 850 | 1 | 250
Dingwall | 53 | 5,812 | 39 | 5,393
Dornoch | 3 | 553 | 3 | 375
Dumbarton | 60 | 11,800 | 49 | 8,920
Dumfries | 56 | 9,944 | 36 | 7,140
Dundee | 60 | 10,446 | 73 | 16,262
Dunfermline | 24 | 6,098 | 25 | 6,409
Dunoon | 6 |