Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 10 December 1957.
Miss Peggy Herbison
, Lanarkshire North
12:00,
10 December 1957
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the authorised establishment for the police force, male, in Scotland; and how far short it is of this figure.
Hon. John Maclay
, Renfrewshire West
At 30th November, 1957, the authorised male establishment of the Scottish police force was 8,499, and the actual strength was 7,919.
Miss Peggy Herbison
, Lanarkshire North
Since that shows that we need many more policemen in Scotland to give us the correct establishment, what further steps will the Secretary of State take to attract more men into the force?
Hon. John Maclay
, Renfrewshire West
The figures are better than those at the same time last year—they have improved by 78—and fairly strenuous campaigns are, of course, being conducted to bring to people's attention the advantages of the police force as a career.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
