§ Mr. Harry Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if any of the Scottish police forces are restricting the entry of police cadets as a result of the Government's cuts in public expenditure.
§ Mr. RifkindNo. The Government have emphasised that local authority expenditure on the police is exempt from the need for reductions and have made it clear that police forces should continue to be free to recruit police officers and police cadets within their authorised establishments.
§ Mr. Harry Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many police cadets have been recruited by each police force in Scotland in each month of 1979 to the end of September.
§ Mr. RifkindThe information requested is not readily available and could not be obtained without disproportionate effort. The following table gives details of the net increases or decreases in the number of cadets in each force in Scotland on a quarterly basis: