§ Mr. HAYESasked the Home Secretary whether he will give a return showing the strength of the various ranks of the Metropolitan Police, foot and mounted, uniform and Criminal Investigation Department, and the distribution over the various duties, such as beats, day and night, patrols, points, clerical, hackney carriage, divisional Criminal Investigation Department, headquarters Criminal Investigation Department, showing separate departments, and the total number of civilian employés, other than cleaners, distinguishing between established civil servants and others, on the last convenient date for which the information is available?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSVery full particulars are given in the accounts of282W the Metropolitan Police Fund which are presented to Parliament. To prepare detailed returns in the form asked for in the question would involve an expenditure of time and labour which I am reluctant to impose on the staff at Scotland Yard without some further indication of the purpose which would be served thereby.
§ Colonel DAYasked the Home Secretary the number of police constables in the Metropolitan Police area who have been injured on point duty for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe number was 130. It must not be inferred that all injuries were attributable to vehicular traffic.