§ MR. CHARLES ROBERTS (Lincoln)To ask the President of the Local Government Board if he will state what is the total annual cost of the police in England and Wales (including the Metropolitan Police), and the proportion borne by national and local taxation, respectively.
1958 (Answered by Mr. Secretary Gladstone.) I beg to answer this Question on behalf of my right hon. friend. If my hon. friend will refer to the last Report on Police (Counties and Boroughs, England and Wales) for the year ending 29th September, 1907, Table VI. c., pages 248–9, he will find that the total gross cost of the police was £5,864,151, and that of this amount £2,161,789 came from the Exchequer Contribution Account, and £3,145,457 from local rates. The balance consisted of sums received for services of additional constables and certain other receipts.