HC Deb 27 October 1970 vol 805 cc53-5W
Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what response the Police Commissioner in the

appeals to quarter sessions against decisions of magistrates' courts in England and Wales during the period 1964 to the latest available date in 1970.

(4) whether he will state the number of legal aid certificates granted for the purpose of an appeal to the Court of Criminal Appeal and subsequently to the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division, in England and Wales during the period 1964 to the latest available date in 1970.

Mr. Carlisle

The figures requested for the period 1964 to 1969 (which is the latest year for which statistics are available) are given in the following table. The figures for 1968 are split because Part IV of the Criminal Justice Act 1967, which altered the law on legal aid, came into force on 1st October of that year.

Metropolitan area has had from local authorities concerning his request that they should accept responsibility for providing school crossing patrols.

Mr. Sharples

The Commissioner has heard from all the local education authorities concerned, save one. All the replies oppose the Commissioner's suggestion.

Mr. Clinton Davis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the nature of the training course undertaken by school crossing patrolmen employed by the Metropolitan Police.

Mr. Sharples

They are trained individually by the local police, at the places at which they will be working, in procedures for stopping the traffic, marshalling the children, and dealing with emergencies.