§ Mr. Edward Lyonsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state for each of the years 1965, 1966 and 1967 the number of
296W(3) what is the salary and promotion scale for policemen in the City of Birmingham who are normal entry, cadet entry and graduate entry, respectively; and how this compares with the average salary and promotion scales of other police forces in England.
§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe minimum qualifications for appointment to the police in England and Wales, which apply to graduates as to all other entrants, are set out in Regulation 7 of the Police Regulations 1968. The Birmingham police accept applicants less than 5 ft. 8 ins. tall if they have other special qualifications; they also accept recruits with assisted eyesight. A simple educational test is set in English and Arithmetic, from which graduates or applicants with four "O" Level passes including English and Arithmetic are exempt. These arrangements are broadly similar to those in other forces.
The qualifications for cadets are Set out in Regulation 1 of the Police Cadets Regulations, 1968.
Recruitment and wastage figures for England and Wales are given below: Birmingham figures are shown in brackets.
Regulations, 1968. They apply to all ranks, regardless of the method of entry.
Promotion figures from constable to sergeants for the Birmingham force covering the last five years are given below.
persons to whom he made compensatory ex gratia payments in respect of the consequences of criminal proceedings, the cost of such payments and, of those persons, the number who had received free pardons.
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§ Mr. Elystan MorganThe figures are as follows:
EX GRATIA PAYMENTS FROM HOME OFFICE FUNDS TO PERSONS WRONGLY CONVICTED OR DETAINED Year Number of persons compensated Number of compensated persons granted Free Pardons Total amount of ex gratia payments £ 1965 12 12 10,917 1966 3 1 1,603* 1967 2 — 1,650 Total 17† 13 14,170 * This sum includes additional payments totalling £643 to persons previously compensated in 1965. † 15 persons received payment because of wrongful conviction, including one acquitted on a retrial ordered by the Court of Criminal Appeal following reference to his case to the Court by the Home Secretary under section 19(a) of the Criminal Appeal Act 1907, and one whose conviction was quashed on appeal. Two persons received payment because of unlawful sentence or detention beyond due date of release.