Police (Pay)

Mr. Sproat
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what are the average weekly earnings of a police constable in Scotland; and what are the average weekly earnings of all ranks from constable to chief inspector at the latest available date;(2) by what percentage the average policeman's weekly earnings are higher or lower than the average weekly earnings of other non-manual workers in Scotland at the latest available date.

Mr. Harry Ewing
The latest information available relates to March 1976 and derives from a Survey of Police Earnings undertaken by the Police Council for the United Kingdom. While the survey was conducted on a United Kingdom basis the Scottish sample produced the figures for gross earnings set out below: ---------------------------
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|Uniformed constable      |
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|Detective constable      |
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|Uniformed sergeant       |
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|Detective sergeant       |
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|Uniformed inspector      |
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|Detective inspector      |
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|Uniformed chief inspector|
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|Detective chief inspector|
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 The average gross weekly earnings of all male non-manual workers in Scotland aged 21 years and over at April 1976 was £80·80.