HC Deb 27 November 1967 vol 755 cc20-1W
Mrs. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he will take to make good the deficiency of police officers in Scotland.

Mr. Ross

I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Cathcart (Mr. Edward M. Taylor), on 25th October.—[Vol. 751, c. 1698.]

Mrs. Ewing

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will break down by constabularies the deficiency of 984 of police officers in post in Scotland at 31st October 1967.

Mr. Ross

The figures are as follows:

CITY AND BURGH FORCES
Aberdeen 3
Ayr 8
Dundee 47
Edinburgh 152
Glasgow 473
Inverness 2
Kilmarnock 3
Totals 688

COUNTY AND COMBINED FORCES
Angus 4
Argyll 7
Ayr 8
Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk 6
Caithness 2
Dumfries and Galloway 18
Dunbartonshire 38
Fife 39
Inverness-shire +2*
Lanarkshire 84
Lothians and Peebles 31
Orkney —
Perth and Kinross 2
Renfrew and Bute 30
Ross and Sutherland 2
Scottish North-Eastern Counties +1*
Stirling and Clackmannan 27
Zetland 1
Totals 296
TOTAL (COUNTIES) 296
TOTAL (BURGHS) 688
GRAND TOTALS 984
* Forces may recruit beyond establishment to replace officers on central service or full-time secondment.