§ Mr. McTaggartasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if his Department has conducted any research work on (a) the effect of deploying more policemen on the beat upon the level of crime, and (b) the increase in the expenditure required to assure the success of such a policy.
§ Mr. Allan StewartNo, but I am aware that research into the effect of beat patrolling has been undertaken elsewhere.
114Wfinancial years 1974–75 to 1982–83 the outturn or estimated figures for (a) gross expenditure, (b) charges and other income, (c) grant-borne expenditure, (d) rate-borne expenditure and (e) expenditure borne by domestic ratepayers expressed both in pounds and in pounds per capita.
§ Mr. YoungerThe information is as follows: