§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the number of police officers in Scotland for each year since 1978–79. [22420]
§ Mr. McLeish[holding answer 12 January 1998]: The information is set out in the table and has been taken from strength returns supplied by forces since 1978–79.
Number of police officers 1978–79 12,675 1979–80 13,294 1980–81 13,252 1981–82 13,221 1982–83 13,206 1983–84 13,175 1984–85 13,189 1985–86 13,317 1986–87 13,417 1987–88 13,475 1988–89 13,619 1989–90 13,847 1990–91 13,811 1991–92 13,984 1992–93 14,095 1993–94 14,174 1994–95 14,323 1995–96 14,512 1996–97 14,789