§ MR. CAUSTON (Southwark, W.)I beg to ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state what is the registered number at the present time of licensed cabs and licensed cab drivers within the Metropolitan Police District?
§ THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. MATTHEWS,) Birmingham, E.I am informed by the Commissioner of Metropolitan Police that the number of hackney carriage proprietors' licences is 11,062, and of drivers 15,024.