§ 106. Mr. Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the fact that the police force of England and Wales is 5,000 under strength, he will take steps to alter the pension regulations in respect of men of the Armed Forces and thereby encourage the soldier who is declared redundant to join the police force, by allowing the time served in the Army to count towards the pension rights of a policeman.
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— Men Women 1955–56 1956–57 1955–56 1956–57 Recruits Resignation without gratuity or pension Retirement with pension or gratuity Recruits Resignation without gratuity or pension Retirement with pension or gratuity Recruits Total wastage Recruits Total wastage Counties, Cities and Boroughs: October 418 148 107 412 109 93 52 27 47 22 November 371 136 76 353 119 67 32 32 45 24 December 260 120 82 324 106 86 34 23 35 41 January 339 94 92 394 93 77 42 15 31 26 February 384 96 58 444 137 58 35 16 29 27 March 386 94 58 415 138 91 29 32 44 35 April 450 106 91 408 151 117 35 23 46 28 May 358 96 97 357 145 76 32 19 29 25 June 318 106 82 282 150 103 42 22 23 22 Metropolitan: October 152 80 77 157 46 81 10 10 13 7 November 141 40 11 168 33 63 8 4 11 9 December 65 46 54 187 51 66 8 9 11 6 January 152 25 77 138 24 43 10 12 5 5 February 124 36 44 152 24 37 5 3 9 7 March 153 35 36 171 49 46 9 7 11 7 April 159 37 41 172 67 61 7 7 13 7 May 127 33 39 145 67 39 10 5 5 7 June 124 49 46 132 49 37 4 3 4 6 Totals 4,481 1,377 1,168 4,811 1,558 1,241 404 269 411 311
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI am sure that police authorities and chief constables will be glad to enrol suitable applicants from the Armed Forces. The police pensions scheme provides for a half-pay pension after twenty-five years' police service, and I am satisfied that it already offers a suitable inducement to former members of the Armed Forces who are within the age limits for appointment to the police service.