HC Deb 29 July 1938 vol 338 c3492
26. Mr. Day

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the total number of policewomen employed in the Metropolitan police area and the total annual cost, giving the figures separately for their pay, cost of rent allowance, uniform, and other incidental charges?

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Earl Winterton)

One woman police superintendent and 105 other ranks are employed in the Metropolitan Police District, to whom total annual payments are made of £21,441, consisting of £19,437 for pay, £953 for rent allowance, £860 for uniform, and £191 for other incidental payments.

Mr. Day

Can the Noble Lord say whether there is any superannuation plan in connection with these policewomen?

Earl Winterton

Not without notice.

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