§ 46. Mr. Dayasked the Home Secretary the number of approved short-term police officers that have left the Metropolitan Police Force since the introduction of the regulation allowing them to do so; and will he give particulars of what portion of the gratuity amounting to, approximately, £180 to be received by constables of approved short service on leaving the Metropolitan Police Force after completing 10 years' service, will have been paid by them as subscriptions and/or deducted from their pay?
§ Mr. LloydNo special regulation has been made nor is one necessary to enable policemen to resign, and the total number of short-service men who have left the Force since the scheme began is, including all causes, 346. A man retiring at the completion of To years' service will have had rateable deductions amounting to approximately £95 made from his pay during that time.
§ Mr. DayCan the hon. Gentleman say whether, in cases where these officers resign and join other police forces, any payment is made by those forces to reimburse the expense of their training?