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Policing uses an officer establishment number in building up its cost base for the budget process. For 2025-26, that is around 16,500 full-time equivalent officers.
Amendment 11 also includes that, where a children’s hearing considers that it would be appropriate for the child to be transferred from secure accommodation to a YOI, it must refer the matter to the Scottish ministers.