The Earl of Haddingtonasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Williams of Mostyn on 16 March (WA 103), whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the accounts of the Association of Chief Police Officers for Scotland and all other related documents submitted to the Government when they considered their contribution of £141,000 in respect of the Association of Chief Police Officers' staff salaries and administration costs for the financial year 1997–98. [HL1212]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Scottish Office (Lord Sewel)The accounts of the Association of Chief Police Officers for Scotland are contained in the association's annual report. I have arranged for a copy of the latest available report, for 1996–97, to be placed in the Library of the House, together with a copy of the letter of 11 July 1996 submitted to the Scottish Office Home Department by the association in respect of its estimated expenditure on staff salaries and administrative costs for the financial year 1997–98.
Staff and administration services for the association's secretariat are provided by Lothian and Borders Police Board and the department's contribution is paid direct to the board and not to the association.