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Written Question · S3W-33747 · Session 3

What assessment it has made of claims by chief constables reported in The Herald on 18 May 2010 that senior civil servants intimated that, …

Answered Asked by Richard Baker Lab Lodged 19 May 2010

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive what assessment it has made of claims by chief constables reported in The Herald on 18 May 2010 that senior civil servants intimated that, if the chief constables allowed police numbers to fall, the final tranche of a £40 million Scottish Government funding package would be withheld.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 1 Jun 2010 · 13 days after it was lodged, on time

I refer the member to the answer to question S3W-33743 on 1 June 2010. All answers to written parliamentary questions are available on the Parliament''s website, the search facility for which can be found at http://www.scottish.parliament.uk/Apps2/Business/PQA/Default.aspx.

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S3W-33747 by reference.