§ MR. J. MACVEAGHTo ask the Secretary for Scotland whether he can state the total number of police in Scotland and the proportion per thousand of the population.
(Answered by Mr. Sinclair.) The total number of the authorised police force,
§ of the Local Government Board if he will state the number of Poor Law children at present maintained in the district and separate schools and in the village communities of London and of the provinces respectively.
§ (Answered by Mr. John Burns.) The number of children in separate establishments of the guardians of Poor Law unions in England and Wales on the 1st January last was as follows:—
§ excluding the Orkney and Shetland Islands and excluding additional police privately employed and paid, is 5,442. This affords approximately one policeman to 857 of the estimated population.