HC Deb 09 December 1963 vol 686 cc35-6W
Sir M. Galpern

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will call for reports from chief constables regarding the number of police cadets, male and female, respectively, employed by each authority at the latest convenient date, and, in the case of those authorities which do not employ cadets, if he will request chief constables to report their reasons for not so doing; and if he will publish this information in the Official Report.

Mr. Noble

The number of male cadets in employment at 30th November, 1963, together with the authorised establishment, is given in the table below. No female cadets are employed in Scotland. I intend to arrange for discussions with representatives of the police authorities and police associations on the future employment of cadets in the light of the new status which it is proposed to give to them in the Bill which is before the House.

ESTABLISHMENT AND STRENGTH OF POLICE CADETS in Scotland at 30th November, 1963
Authorised Actual
CITY AND BURGH FORCES
Aberdeen 10 10
Airdrie 3 2
Ayr 3 2
Coatbridge 4 4
Dundee 7 7
Edinburgh 44 44
Glasgow
Greenock 6 6
Hamilton 3 3
Inverness 1 1
Kilmarnock
Motherwell
Paisley 4 3
Perth 3 3
Totals 88 85
COUNTY AND COMBINED FORCES
Angus 4 4
Argyll 4 4
Ayr 22 20
Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk 7 7
Caithness 2 2
Dumfries and Galloway 25 23
Dunbarton 23 21
Fife 21 21
Inverness 3 3
Lanark
Lothians and Peebles
Orkney
Perth and Kinross 6 6
Renfrew and Bute 26 27
Ross and Sutherland 6 6
Scottish and North-Eastern Counties
Stirling and Clackmannan 31 25
Zetland
Total (Counties) 180 169
Total (Burghs) 88 85
GRAND TOTALS 268 254