HC Deb 01 February 1966 vol 723 cc213-4W
Mr. Monro

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the authorised establishment and actual strength of the whole-time police, both men and women, on 31st December, 1965.

Mr. Ross

The authorised establishment of regular police in Scotland on 31st December, 1965, was 10,676 men and 401 women. The number of regular policemen and policewomen on that date, according to the latest monthly return (including those on secondment, those on central service and members of the "additional force", i.e. regular police who are paid for by outside organisations—for example, police in the docks) was 9,994 men and 353 women.