§ Sir WALTER MENZIESasked 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.