§ Mr. WelshTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what were total costs of policing the Timex dispute situation up to latest date; and what finance was provided by the Government to Tayside police in relation to these pplicing costs.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonI understand from Tayside police that total cost of policing the Timex dispute £332,335. Fifty-one per cent.of the cost will be financed by police specific grand paid by police specific grant paid by Secretary of State, and the remainder will qualify for the usual central support for government expenditure.