§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a list of all police forces in Scotland, giving their staff establishments on 1st June 1975 or the nearest convenient date, differentiating between constables and civilian employees, and showing the number of persons actually employed by each force on that date.
§ Mr. William RossAs regards police officers. I have nothing to add to my reply of 8th July to the hon. Member for the Western Isles (Mr. Stewart).—[Vol. 895, c.141.]
As regards civilian employees, the establishments approved since reorganisation are:
Central … 113 Dumfries and Galloway … 64 Fife … 159 Grampian … 200 Tayside … 241 For the other three forces, no formal proposals have been submitted for my 319W approval but I expect the figure to be of the order of 900 for Lothian and Borders, 150 for Northern and 1,800 for Strathclyde. The first returns of actual strength since reoganisation are due to be submitted as at 30th June and I expect to have the figures shortly.
§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many representations he has received from members of police forces protesting against the fact that their pay awards have been forward dated to September 1975.
§ Mr. William RossI have had four letters about the increase recently agreed in the Police Council, but none seemed to he primarily concerned with the operative date, which is exactly one year after the previous increase date.
§ Mrs. Bainasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has in mind to encourage recruitment to Scottish police forces.
§ Mr. William RossRecruitment to police forces is primarily a matter for Chief Constables, and they arrange local publicity as they see fit. In addition, a central publicity campaign is arranged each autumn by the Scottish Information Office.