§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many school crossing patrols have been approved by the Metropolitan Police in the London Borough of Islington but are not yet in operation because of failure to recruit personnel to supervise them.
§ Mr. SharplesNine.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what means are adopted by the Metropolitan Police to invite applications for appointment as supervisors of school crossing patrols.
§ Mr. SharplesVacancies are notified to employment exchanges and advertised in local newspapers and on police station notice boards. Recruiting publicity is 227W also arranged through distribution of leaflets at schools and road safety exhibitions, and through enlisting the help of road safety officers.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in 1971 the Metropolitan Police advertised in local papers in the London Borough of Islington for applications for appointment as school crossing supervisors.
§ Mr. SharplesFourteen.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in 1971 the Metropolitan Police notified to the local labour exchanges vacancies for appointment as school crossing supervisors in the London Borough of Islington.
§ Mr. SharplesThis information is not available.
§ Mr. George Cunninghamasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many school crossing patrols in the Metropolitan Police area had been approved at 31st December, 1971; how many supervisors of such crossings were employed; and at what total cost.
§ Mr. SharplesThere were 1,906 approved sites, of which normally 92 are controlled by police officers, 1,423 by civilian school crossing patrols and 31 by senior school pupils. The cost of the school crossing patrol service in 1970–71 was £513,397.