§ Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary what provision has been made with a view to finding suitable housing accommodation for married police officers who have been transferred to suburban areas for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date?
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§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe funds available for the provison of housing accommodation for the Metropolitan Police are necessarily reserved for the Central Divisions where the need is greatest. In the residential suburbs the men are left to make their own arrangements apart from a few sets of quarters at new stations.
§ Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary the number of married police officers at present occupying married quarters in the Metropolitan Police area; and whether, in view of the shortage of housing accommodation for married officers with families, it is intended in the near future to erect more up-to-date and modern homes for them?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThere are 937 married officers housed in officially provided married quarters within the Metropolitan Police district. A building is in course of erection in Lambeth which will provide 96 additional sets of quarters with up-to-date accommodation and conveniences; and the erection of another building in Clerkenwell will be commenced next autumn to contain a further 96 sets of similar married quarters.