Question reference: S1W-01847
- Asked by: Mary Mulligan, MSP for Linlithgow, Scottish Labour
- Date lodged: 6 October 1999
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Current status: Answered by Jim Wallace on 27 October 1999
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive when it will be in a position to inform Police Boards whether they are to receive additional funding to cover the Millennium holiday period.
Answer
On Friday 8 October I announced that we are now able to provide the police in Scotland with a special grant of £4.7m to help meet the additional cost of policing over the Millennium holiday period. A supplementary estimate will be submitted to the Scottish Parliament.