HC Deb 02 April 1936 vol 310 c2130
59. Mr. EDE

asked the Home Secretary the number of police officers authorised on the establishment of the police forces of England and Wales, including the Metropolitan Police Force, on the most convenient comparable date in the years 1913, 1920 and 1935?

Mr. LLOYD

The authorised establishment of the police forces of England and Wales on 29th September in these years was, in 1913, 54,552; 1920, 56,567; 1935, 58,546.