asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the final costs incurred in policing the miners' industrial dispute in Scotland; and if he will list the costs by region.
The information is set out in the following table:
| Police Authority Area | Estimated final cost |
| (£'000) | |
| Central | 573 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Nil |
| Fife | 729 |
| Grampian | Nil |
| Lothian and Borders | 1,540 |
| Northern | Nil |
Police Authority Area
| Estimated final cost
|
(£'000)
| |
| Strathclyde | 2,095 |
| Tayside | 66 |
| Total | 5,003 |
Note: These figures represent the extra costs incurred during the coal dispute.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many miners brought to court during the industrial dispute received legal aid.
Such information is not available centrally, and could not be obtained either readily or without disproportionate cost.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many policemen were involved in other areas of Scotland as a result of decisions on mutual aid during the miners' industrial dispute; and how many police forces were involved in the provision of mutual aid.
Three Scottish police forces had occasion to deploy officers outwith their area in connection with the coal dispute. The forces, occasions and numbers of officers involved are shown in the table. Generally the deployments were for only very limited periods, sometimes less than an hour, during the week in question.
| Week Commencing 1984 | Total Number of Officers Deployed During Week |
| Central Scotland Force | |
| 27 August | 411 |
| 3 Deptember | 91 |
| 1 October | 15 |
| 8 October | 48 |
| 12 November | 109 |
| 26 November | 120 |
| 3 December | 219 |
| 10 December | 48 |
| 1985 | |
| 11 February | 80 |
| 1984 | |
| Fife Force | |
| 11 June | 41 |
| 20 August | 219 |
| 10 September | 31 |
| 12 November | 78 |
| 19 November | 111 |
| 26 November | 161 |
| 3 December | 55 |
| 1985 | |
| 21 January | 105 |
| 4 February | 60 |
| 18 February | 80 |
| 1984 | |
| Lothian and Borders Force | |
| 20 August | 65 |
| 1 October | 113 |
| 8 October | 87 |
| 5 November | 36 |
Note:
Individual officers may have been deployed more than once during the weeks in question.