Scottish Government reported for failure to answer questions on numbers of police mental health staff
The Scottish Government has been reported to the Information Commissioner over its refusal to say how many new mental health support staff the police will be given.
Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Willie Rennie, has referred the government after the First Minister was unable to explain why Police Scotland had received just 7.5 extra staff over two years, despite being promised more.
Mr Rennie raised the issue at last week's First Minister's Questions, highlighting how Police Scotland was promised a share of 800 new staff under the 2017 mental health strategy but that statistics... read more
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