§ Mr. ROBERTSONasked the Home Secretary whether he can state the number of men who have been drafted for military service from the Metropolitan and county and borough constabularies up to the present?
§ Mr. BRACEAccording to the latest available returns, 3,503 men have been released for naval and military service from the Metropolitan and City Police and 12,207 from the county and borough police in England and Wales. A further call is being made on the police, which will bring the number to over 17,000.