§ 57. Sir L. Lyleasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the present cost of the police in amalgamation districts compares with the pre-amalgamation cost of the police in the same districts.
§ Mr. PeakeUntil the accounts for the present financial year are completed it will not be possible to say how the expenditure on a joint force compares with the expenditure on the constituent forces in the previous year. My hon. Friend will, however, appreciate that, even when the accounts are available, it will be diffi- 402 cult to isolate savings or expenditure directly or indirectly due to amalgamation from the savings or expenditure resulting from other war-time factors.