§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the current policeman/population ratio and the police constable/population ratio in each police authority area in Scotland.
§ Mr. Gordon CampbellThe ratios of population per male police officer and per male police constable—based on establishment—in each Scottish police force area at 30th September, 1972, were as follows:
Population/Male Police Officer Population/Male Police Constable Aberdeen 453 586 Angus 496 652 Argyll 440 587 Ayr 554 719 Berwick, Roxburgh & Selkirk 477 639 Dumfries & Galloway 558 719 Dumbarton 613 819 Dundee 431 561 Edinburgh 371 469 Fife 545 697 Glasgow 299 388 Inverness 487 652 Lanark 529 683 Lothians & Peebles 652 832 Northern 553 791 Perth & Kinross 474 605 Renfrew & Bute 524 689 Ross & Sutherland 461 607 Scottish North-Eastern Counties 728 933 Stirling & Clackmannan 567 748