§ Mr. T. Williamsasked the Home Secretary why the Exchequer grant for the first police reserve is restricted to 50 per cent., leaving local authorities to bear the other part; and whether he is aware that the first police reserve is largely made up of police pensioners and that the local authorities already bear 50 per cent. of the pensions?
§ Sir J. AndersonApart from certain war emergency expenditure, such as the pay of the Police War Reserve, police expenditure generally is borne in equal parts by the Exchequer and the local rates. The cost of the First Police Reserve is shared in accordance with this general rule.