§ Mr. Parkerasked the Home Secretary what is the number of ex-servicemen who joined the Metropolitan and other police forces, respectively, for the three years before May, 1937; and what percentage these are of both the short-term and long-term recruits in that period?
§ Mr. LloydDuring the period 1st May, 1934, to 30th April, 1937, 238 ex-service men or 9.48 per cent. of the total entry joined the Metropolitan Police Force as recruits. Of this number 203 or 13.87 per cent. joined on long-service engagements and 35 or 3.34 per cent. joined on short-service engagements. Precise information for other police forces for this particular period is not available, but the average annual number of ex-service recruits for such forces over a period of years up to April, 1937, was approximately 45o or 22 per cent., all on long-service engagements.