§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what are the average weekly earnings of a police constable in Scotland; and what are the average weekly earnings of all ranks from constable to chief inspector at the latest available date;
(2) by what percentage the average policeman's weekly earnings are higher or lower than the average weekly earnings of other non-manual workers in Scotland at the latest available date.
§ Mr. Harry EwingThe latest information available relates to March 1976 and derives from a Survey of Police Earnings undertaken by the Police Council for the United Kingdom. While the survey was conducted on a United Kingdom basis the Scottish sample produced the figures for gross earnings set out below:
The average gross weekly earnings of all male non-manual workers in Scotland aged 21 years and over at April 1976 was £80.80.
£ Uniformed constable 69.38 Detective constable 85.94 Uniformed sergeant 85.59 Detective sergeant 102.25 Uniformed inspector 98.64 Detective inspector 103.41 Uniformed chief inspector 116.98 Detective chief inspector 121.21