HC Deb 29 June 1939 vol 349 cc653-4W
Wing-Commander James

asked the Home Secretary whether the Home Office or local councils are deemed, for the purpose of complying with the conditions attached to Exchequer grants, to decide what is necessary for the efficient maintenance of local police services?

Sir S. Hoare

Payment of the Exchequer grant in aid of police expenditure is subject to the condition that the Secretary of State is satisfied that the police service is fully and properly administered. Parliament has placed on the Secretary of State the duty of arranging for the inspection of Police Forces by His Majesty's Inspectors of Constabulary appointed under Section 15 of the County and Borough Police Act, 1856.