HC Deb 03 November 1920 vol 134 c358
60. Mr. M'GUFFIN

asked the number of Catholic and Protestant policemen in the Belfast area, also their respective numbers in the year 1916; and whether their present proportions are in accordance with the Act regulating the constitution of that force?

Sir H. GREENWOOD

The Belfast force at present consists of 542 Roman Catholics and 562 Protestants. The corresponding figures on the 31st December, 1916, were 602 and 550. I am not aware of any statute regulating the religious constitution of the Belfast force or of any other police force in the United Kingdom.