§ 5. Squadron-Leader Sir Gifford Foxasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of police and prison warders, respectively, who arc in receipt of rent aid.
§ The Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Ede)Five hundred and seventy-one prison officers and some 44,000 members of police forces in Eng- 567 land and Wales, including auxiliaries, are in receipt of rent aid.
§ Mr. John LewisIs my right hon. Friend aware that members of the Police Force who are in receipt of rent aid are often worse off financially than those who have accommodation provided?
§ Mr. EdeI think that there are some areas of the country, undoubtedly, where the present scale of rent aid does not represent what the individual policeman may have to pay. I have recently had under consideration the difficulties that arise in certain areas.