HC Deb 16 June 1910 vol 17 c1457
Sir WALTER MENZIES

asked the Lord Advocate what total amount of money is raised by the burghs and counties in police rates; what further amount is contributed in aid by the Treasury; and what would be the increased cost if the Police (Weekly Rest-Day) Bill were put in force by all the burghs and counties?

The LORD ADVOCATE (Mr. Ure)

The total audited expenditure on pay and clothing of police in Scotland in 1909–10 was £482,936, towards which a fixed Government contribution of £180,000 was paid, leaving rather more than £300,000 as a charge for these items paid out of rates. In evidence given on behalf of the Convention of Royal and Parliamentary burghs before the Select Committee on Police Forces (Weekly Rest-Day) Bill in 1908, the cost in Scotland of a weekly rest-day for police was estimated at an addition of 10 per cent, to the existing expenditure.