HC Deb 10 July 1975 vol 895 cc264-6W
Mrs. Bain

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many police officers have resigned and retired from each of the police forces in Scotland in each of the last five years.

Mr. William Ross

The number of officers who have resigned and retired from each of the police forces in Scotland in each of the last five years is shown in the following table:

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
Resigned Retired Resigned Retired Resigned Retired Resigned Retired Resigned Retired
Aberdeen 15 3 9 3 6 5 8 4 11 2
Angus 10 1 5 3 3 2 7 1 9 3
Argyll 5 4 4 0 8 3 4 2 9 4
Ayr 33 5 15 8 14 6 23 4 28 10
Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk 2 0 1 3 5 0 7 1 6 4
Dumfries and Galloway 12 2 8 4 4 6 6 3 5 4
Dunbarton 28 1 9 1 18 3 16 7 22 3
Dundee 12 2 8 3 12 2 15 11 14 5
Edinburgh 43 2 21 27 20 18 34 17 30 13
Fife 31 4 16 9 18 3 21 10 33 10
Glasgow 86 25 59 51 77 29 118 45 130 66
Inverness 2 1 5 5 6 1 8 3 13 3
Lanark 59 4 53 18 28 14 42 11 49 14
Lothian and Peebles 13 5 15 11 14 6 9 5 15 3
Northern 3 0 1 0 3 1 5 4 7 1
Perth and Kinross 9 2 4 1 4 0 9 2 9 4
Renfrew and Bute 31 3 22 7 25 9 25 14 26 6
Ross and Sutherland 7 2 4 0 6 0 10 3 10 2
Scottish North-Eastern Counties 7 2 4 3 11 12 12 6 9 7
Stirling and Clackmannan 13 2 6 3 10 2 14 3 15 2
Total 421 70 269 160 292 122 393 156 450 166