HC Deb 12 March 1998 vol 308 cc294-5W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the(a) population served, (b) geographical area covered and (c) strength of each police force in Scotland and the ratio of (c) in each force area to (a) and (b); and what is the ratio of police officers (i) per head of population and (ii) to geographical area in Scotland as a whole. [33327]

Mr. McLeish

The information requested is set out in the tables.

Force police Strength (31.12.97) population Ratio of Police strength to Population served
Central 693 274,600 1:396
Dumfries and Galloway 441 147,600 1:335
Fife 852 349,300 1:410
Grampian 1,195 531,200 1:445
Lothian and Borders 2,699 873,900 1:324
Northern 645 280,400 1:435
Strathclyde 7,377 2,277,400 1:309
Tayside 1,148 393,600 1:343
Total 15,050 5,128,000 1:341

Force Police strength (31.12.97) Geographical area covered (sq km) Ratio of police strength to geographical area covered
Central 693 2,652 1:3.83
Dumfries and Galloway 441 6,439 1:14.6
Fife 852 1,323 1:1.55
Grampian 1,195 8,742 1:7.32
Lothian and Borders 2,699 6,455 1:2.39
Northern 645 31,348 1:48.6
Strathclyde 7,377 13,617 1:1.85
Tayside 1,148 7,558 1:6.58
Total 15,050 78,134 1:5.19

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