§ Mr. Fairbairnasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many police houses there are in each of the regions of Scotland; and how many have been sold and how many are held vacant in each region.
§ Mr. Ancram[pursuant to his reply, 12 December 1984, c. 507]: The latest available information, which is for the period up to the end of 1983 and is in respect of police authority areas, is set out as follows:
Police Authority Numbers of police houses Numbers vacant Numbers sold (since 1 April 1981) Central 130 40 18 Dumfries and Galloway 120 13 8 Fife 206 24 68 Grampian 338 35 *Nil Lothian and Borders 340 70 181 Northern 341 56 21 Strathclyde 1,276 167 663 Tayside 336 148 41 * Surplus police houses are leased to district councils.