HC Deb 29 June 1988 vol 136 cc239-40W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many police forces in Scotland have drug squads; what is the establishment in each case; and in how many cases the squads are operating below establishment.

Lord James Douglas-Hamilton

Specialist drug units operate in all eight police forces in Scotland. The complement of each drug unit is as follows:

Complement
Central Scotland 2
Dumfries and Galloway 2
Fife 4
Grampian 9
Complement
Lothian and Borders 21
Northern 5
Strathclyde 34
Tayside 10
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Total 87

None of these posts is currently vacant.

In addition, 21 officers attached to the Scottish crime squad are deployed in drug wings based in Glasgow and Edinburgh.