§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the approved
ESTABLISHMENT OF SCOTTISH POLICE FORCES AT 28TH FEBRUARY, 1961 Force Men Women Approved establishment Actual strength Shortage Approved establishment Actual strength Shortage CITY AND BURGH FORCES Aberdeen 262 259 3 10 10 — Airdrie 46 46 — 2 2 — Ayr 93 90 3 4 3 1 Coatbridge 83 84* -1 4 4 — Dundee 301 297 4 5 5 — Edinburgh 1,003 992 11 29 25 4 Glasgow 2,563 2,348 215 74 73 1 Greenock 123 119 4 6 6 — Hamilton 75 73 2 4 4 — Inverness 48 47 1 2 2 — Kilmarnock 85 84 1 4 4 — Motherwell 109 105 4 6 6 — Paisley 168 162 6 6 5 1 Perth 78 72 6 3 3 — COUNTY AND COMBINED FORCES Angus 151 136 15 6 5 1 Argy[...] 105 102 3 4 4 — Ayr 311 296 15 8 7 1 Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk 128 127 1 2 2 — Caithness 39 38 1 1 1 — Dumfries and Galloway 195 161 34 7 6 1 Dunbarton 304 269 35 13 12 1 Fife 493 474 19 25 25 — Inverness 87 87 — 4 4 — Lanark 520 460 60 23 21 2 Lothians and Peebles 351 347 4 6 6 — Orkney 20 20 — 1 1 — Perth and Kinross 137 132 5 — — — Renfrew and Bute 280 254 26 10 10 — Ross and Cromarty 76 76 — — — — Scottish North-Eastern Counties 302 298 4 4 4 — Stirling and Clackmannan 345 316 29 13 13 — Sutherland 27 26 1 — — — Zetland 16 16 — — — — Grand Totals 8,924 8,413 511 286 273 13 * Temporary excess.