HC Deb 08 February 1978 vol 943 c617W
Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will initiate an inquiry into police resignations in Scotland.

Mr. Millan

No.

Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland to what he attributes the scale of resignation from the police in view of record unemployment.

Mr. Millan

Information about the causes of wastage of regular police officers, together with an analysis of the reasons for resignation, is published in the annual reports of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland. The report for 1977 is not yet available, but provisional figures suggest that, apart from a rise in the number of officers who left because of "dislike of conditions", the 1977 pattern of reasons for premature wastage will be broadly similar to that in 1976.

Mr. Teddy Taylor

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table showing, in each of the past three years, the numbers of police officers who have resigned from the service.

Mr. Millan

The numbers of police officers who resigned from the service in 1975, 1976 and 1977 were 376, 446 and 661 respectively.