§ 14. Lieut.-Colonel MOOREasked the First Commissioner of Works the number of acres comprising Regent's Park and the number of keepers employed in connection therewith?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREThe total area of Regent's Park which is open to the public is 315 acres. The staff normally employed consists of one inspector, one sergeant, and 33 parkkeepers. These figures do not include Primrose Hill.
§ Lieut.-Colonel MOOREIs the right hon. Gentleman aware that those figures compare very unfavourably with the number of keepers per acre employed in the London County Council parks?
§ Mr. ORMSBY-GOREI do not think it can really be considered as a matter of acreage. In a park like Regent's Park there is a great open space, whereas in Battersea Park there is a far smaller area, which requires more supervision. I have not had any representations to the effect that the number of keepers in Regent's Park is inadequate.