§ Mr. David Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the percentage of police time spent on (a) traffic regulation enforcement and (b) drink-driving regulation enforcement.
§ Mr. LangTable 4 of the 1985 "Report of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for Scotland" (Cmnd. 9838) indicates that, on average, 8 per cent. of the regular police and 11 per cent. of the police civilian establishments, in addition to traffic wardens, were in that year deployed in the traffic departments of forces. These figures, however, should not be taken as representing the percentages of time spent on the specific activities mentioned by the hon. Member: the information required to make the estimates requested is not available centrally.