§ Mr. Norman Fowlerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the rates of rent allowance paid to the police in (a) the Metropolitan Police area, (b) the West Midlands Police area and, (c) the Nottingham Police area.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe maximum limits of annual rent allowances for married officers in the areas concerned are as follows:
whether he will set out details of the policemen who resigned from the service without pension or gratuity in each of the years from 1970 showing (a) how many resigned in each, and (b) details of the number of years' service completed before resignation.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe figures are as follows:
(2) whether he will conduct a review into the present levels of election expense allowances for parliamentary and local elections.
§ Mr. Simsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will 663W increase the maximum figures which candidates at parliamentary and local government elections are permitted to incur by way of election expenses so as to take account of the rate of inflation since the existing figures were originally established;
(2) if he will increase the figure for items of parliamentary and local government election expenditure above which receipts must be produced, to take account of the rate of inflation since the existing figure was originally established.
§ Mr. JohnIncreases in the expenses limits would require legislation. So far as expenses for parliamentary elections are concerned, it would be appropriate for the matter to be considered by a new Speaker's Conference before such legislation were prepared.