§ Mr. HealdTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many special constables were recruited by each of the police forces in England and Wales between 30 September 1998 and 30 September 1999; [111474]
(2) how many special constables left each of the police forces in England and Wales between 30 September 1998 and 30 September 1999. [111472]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkePursuant to the reply I gave the hon. Member on 28 February 2000,Official Report, column 117W, a figure for the Metropolitan police was not available for inclusion in the table setting out the number of special constables recruited by each police force in England and Wales between 1 October 1998 and 30 September 1999. The Metropolitan police have confirmed that they recruited 84 special constables during the relevant period.