§ Mr. Kellyasked the Home Secretary whether he will state the number of short-service men in the Metropolitan police force and also the average age of the men who became junior station inspectors after passing through the police college?
§ Sir S. HoareThe number of short-service men in the Metropolitan police force on 28th March, 1938, was 1,189. The average age of junior station inspectors at the beginning of their period of practical training after passing through the Metropolitan Police College was 26 years and one month.