§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish figures showing the estimated number of police houses required by each police authority in Scotland.
§ Mr. NoblePolice authorities have informed me that they wish to start 440 houses in 1963–64, and I have agreed. Details are given in the statement below.
POLICE HOUSING Allocations applied for and agreed to 1963–64 CITY AND BURGH FORCES Aberdeen 12 Airdrie — Ayr 4 Coatbridge 6 Dundee 6 Edinburgh 40 Glasgow 42 Greenock 4 Hamilton — Inverness 2 Kilmarnock 2 Motherwell 4 Paisley 6 Perth 2 Total 130 COUNTY AND COMBINED FORCES Angus 9 Argyll 9 Ayr 20 Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk 8 Caithness 9 Dumfries and Galloway 1 Dunbarton 24 Fife 35 Inverness 4 Lanark 41 Lothians and Peebles 35 Orkney — Perth and Kinross 11 Renfrew and Bute 38 Ross and Cromarty 5 Scottish North-Eastern Counties 34 Stirling and Clackmannan 24 Sutherland 3 Zetland — Total (Counties) 310 Total (Burghs) 130 GRAND TOTAL 440