§ 47. Captain HAROLD BALFOURasked the Home Secretary the number of police officers in the Metropolitan area employed daily in ensuring that traffic turns at the correct point for one-way circuits; and the cost per annum of the employment of police on such services?
§ Sir H. SAMUELI am informed that the number of men employed on this particular duty is 10. The cost would be about £3,000 per annum.
§ Captain BALFOURCan the right hon. Gentleman give any forecast as to when these men will be replaced by mechanical signals?
§ Sir H. SAMUELNo, Sir, not these particular men, but the question of the rapid extension of the system of automatic light signals for controlling traffic has recently been under consideration by my hon. Friend the Minister of Transport and myself. We have been in communication with the local authorities in London, and I hope that more speedy progress will be made in that matter.