To ask the Scottish Executive, in light of the comment of the Chief Constable of Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary to the Justice Committee on 6 October 2009 in relation to maintaining officer numbers through 2010-11 that “every force will have looked at profiles of what it might mean if budgets are not at the level that is hoped for” (Official Report c. 2265), whether it considers that this may mean a reduction in officer numbers in some forces.