Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what restrictions he proposes to put on the recruitment of traffic wardens by Scottish local authorities in 1968; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Ross:The recruitment of traffic wardens will not cease: applications by police authorities for increases in their establishment of wardens will be considered on their merits and in the light of the current economic situation.
Mr. Edward M. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authorities in Scotland now employ traffic wardens; and how many wardens were employed by each authority at the most recent date for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Ross:Seventeen police authorities have approval to employ traffic wardens, although two, Dundee and Inverness-shire, have not yet done so: the numbers employed by the remaining authorities at 31st January, 1968 were:
City and Burgh Forces Aberdeen … 22 Ayr … 10 Edinburgh … 82 Glasgow … 162 Inverness … 4 Kilmarnock … 12 County and Combined Forces Argyll … 2 Ayr … 11 Dumfries and Galloway … 8 Dunbartonshire … 6 Fife … 29 Lanarkshire … 27 Perth and Kinross … 8 Renfrew and Bute … 21 Stirling and Clackmannan … 15