§ 55. Sir C. Taylorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many chief constables of counties, county boroughs and boroughs have given notice that they are not prepared to accept 172W reduced terms of employment under the new Act; and whether he will express the figures also in the form of a percentage.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsOf the thirty-two amalgamation schemes which I proposed in May, 1966, and subsequently, eighteen have been made and sixteen are in operation. Of the thirty-nine Chief Constables involved in these sixteen schemes who were in post immediately before the amalgamation took effect, eight have been unwilling to accept appointment in a rank below that of chief constable in the combined police force—a percentage of 21. Arrangements have been made for former chief constables who take office in a subordinate capacity to preserve their former rates of pay on a personal basis. Compensation terms exist for those who do not.