HC Deb 28 November 1983 vol 49 cc386-7W
Mr. Peter Bruinvels

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list all police authorities currently offering police cadet places, the numbers currently serving in each force area and the proposed number of places in 1984 and 1985 in Scotland.

Mr. Ancram

All Scottish police forces have an authorised establishment for police cadets. Information is not held centrally about forces' recruitment plans but the current cadet strengths are shown in the following table.

Police cadet strength: Scotland 30 September 1983
Actual strength
Central Scotland police 8
Dumfries and Galloway constabulary 9
Fife constabulary 6
Grampian police 19

Actual strength
Lothian and Borders police 20
Northern constabulary
Strathclyde police 51
Tayside police 9
Total 122