What the cost would be of increasing the number of police officers by (a) 500, (b) 1,000 and (c) 1,500 and what the increase in size of eac…

Answered Asked by Margaret Smith LD Lodged 10 Sep 2007

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what the cost would be of increasing the number of police officers by (a) 500, (b) 1,000 and (c) 1,500 and what the increase in size of each force would be under an equitable distribution of such increases.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 20 Sep 2007 · 10 days after it was lodged, on time

Theaverage cost of employing police officers within Scottish police forces is:
Around£20 million per year for 500 officers.
Around£40 million per year for 1,000 officers.
Around£60 million per year for 1,500 officers.
Thefollowing table shows theses numbers pro-rated across forces in line withcurrent distribution of officer numbers:
Police OfficerNumbers (Whole-Time Equivalent) At 30 June 2007
Police Force Area
| Officer
Numbers
| Percentage
of Total
| 500 Officers
| 1,000 Officers
| 1,500 Officers

Central
| 825
| 5.07%
| 25
| 51
| 76

Dumfries and Galloway
| 496
| 3.05%
| 15
| 30
| 45

Fife
| 1,057
| 6.50%
| 32
| 65
| 97

Grampian
| 1,410
| 8.67%
| 43
| 87
| 130

Lothian and Borders
| 2,799
| 17.21%
| 86
| 172
| 258

Northern
| 707
| 4.35%
| 21
| 43
| 64

Strathclyde
| 7,804
| 47.98%
| 240
| 480
| 720

Tayside
|

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