How many additional uniformed police officers it expects will be recruited by each police force as a result of its announcement of an extra…

Answered Asked by Kenneth Gibson SNP Lodged 19 May 2000

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many additional uniformed police officers it expects will be recruited by each police force as a result of its announcement of an extra #8.9 million for the police.

The answer

Answered by Jim Wallace on 9 Jun 2000 · 21 days after it was lodged, 7 days after it was due

The additional £8.9 million invested in the Scottish police will enable the recruitment of more than 300 extra police officers. Decisions on recruitment and deployment of staff are, however, matters for individual chief constables. After allocating £1 million to the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan for the training of the additional recruits the funds were distributed as shown in the table below. Also shown is the notional number of additional officers that could be recruited from the extra money available. Police Force | Additional Funding£000 | Number of Additional Officers
Central Scotland Police | 369 | 15
Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary | 233 | 9
Fife Constabulary | 435 | 17
Grampian Police | 676 | 27
Lothian and Borders Police | 1,442 | 58
Northern Constabulary | 423 | 17
Strathclyde Police | 3,710 | 148
Tayside Police | 612 | 24
TOTAL FUNDING | 7,900 | 315

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