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Mr. Wrigglesworth
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the net cost of policing the mining dispute for each police authority in Scotland.
Mr. John MacKay
The information is set out in the following table:
| (£ thousand) | |||
| Police authority area | Estimated expenditure | Amount of police grant and special grant payable | Estimated net cost to police authorities |
| Central | 565 | 327 | 238 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Fife | 759 | 457 | 302 |
| Grampian | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Lothian and Borders | 1,534 | 790 | 744 |
| Northern | Nil | Nil | Nil |
| Strathclyde | 2,128 | 1,064 | 1,064 |
| Tayside | 66 | 33 | 33 |
| Total | 5,052 | 2,671 | 2,381 |