§ Mr Tilleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes there have been in the rate of recruitment of the Metropolitan Police in the current year.
§ Mr. BrittanIn the first nine months of this year the total recruited was 1,504 compared with 920 in the first nine months of 1978. The strength of the Metropolitan Police on 30 September 1979 was 22,463, an increase of 502 since the beginning of the year.