HC Deb 10 November 1949 vol 469 cc135-6W
27. Mr. Astor

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police were used in the Metropolitan area during the months of May. June and July for the purpose of trapping motorists exceeding the speed limit.

Mr. Ede

Enforcement of speed limits devolves primarily on the mobile traffic patrols, who carry it out as one of their many duties; the proportion of their time that it takes up cannot be exactly computed. The number of men engaged on fixed speed controls fluctuates according to the number of controls being operated; during the months referred to in the Question the number of men employed was 13 and the total number of hours worked by them was 184.