§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the shortage on establishment of police officers in Scotland at the latest convenient date; and what was the breakdown of the shortage in the various parts of Scotland.
§ Mr. RossThe total shortage of police officers in Scotland compared with authorised establishments at 30th June, 1968 was 859. The Breakdown as between various forces was as follows:
City end Burgh Forces Aberdeen 6 Dundee 31 Edinburgh 135 Glasgow 498 Inverness — County and Combined Forces Angus 8 Argyll 7 Ayr 14 Berwick, Roxburgh-and Selkirk 7 Caithness 2 Dumfries and Galloway 16 Dunbartonshire 37 Fife 19 Inverness-shire 2 Lanarkshire 13 Lothians and Peebles 33 Orkney — Perth and Kinross 5 Renfrew and Bute — Ross and Sutherland 1 Scottish North-Eastern Counties — Stirling and Clackmannan 24 Zetland 1 Total 859