HC Deb 14 February 1908 vol 184 cc300-2
MR. HAYDEN (Roscommon, S.)

To ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland whether he can state the names of the counties in respect of which the vote for extra police is applied for; the names of the counties upon which a claim has been made for contributions from the rates in respect of extra police; the amount of same, together with the period covered during which the extra police were in the respective counties; and whether he can state the extent of the local force and of the extra force in each of these counties.

(Answered by Mr. Birrell.) The amounts asked for in the Supplementary Estimate are not based on the expendi-

County. Amount. Free Quota. Extra Force (Sergeants and Constables).
£. s. d.
Antrim 30 12 10 241 —
Armagh 171 18 3 185 —
Cavan 51 13 11 169 3
Clare 938 19 9 367 56
Cork 153 13 8 701 4
Down 187 19 4 253 —
Galway 1,174 16 6 616 235
Kildare 23 3 7 142 —
King's 285 7 1 164 24
Leitrim 322 15 3 147 19
Londonderry 32 0 4 122 —
Londonderry City 85 12 8 90 —
Longford 94 10 4 110 21
Meath 33 0 7 172 51
Queen's 3 0 8 131 —
Roscommon 1,699 14 9 256 95
Tipperary, North Riding 108 19 11 203 —
Tyrone 112 6 0 222 —
Westmeath 0 8 8 190 35

These sums are exclusive of £10,237 2s, 10d. and £310 16s. 8d. charged against Belfast and Londonderry City respectively

ture county by county, but on a consideration of the total expenditure throughout the country in the period from 1st April last to the time when the Supplementary Estimate was prepared. The accounts for extra police are made up half-yearly to 30th September and 31st March. The following table shows the claims made against counties and cities for the half-year to 30th September, 1907, together with the established free force and the extra force at present serving—

on account of extra forces permanently located in those cities under local Acts.