§ Mr. Pendryasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many males and how many females under the age of 24 years have been recruited to the police force in the Tameside metropolitan borough area in the current year to date; and how many were recruited in 1979 and in 1978.
§ Mr. BrittanThis information is not available, since recruitment is undertaken on a force basis. In 1979, 373 men and 154 women under the age of 24 joined the Greater Manchester police, which covers the Tameside metropolitan borough. In 1980, up to 26 November, the numbers were 293 men and 125 women.