HC Deb 30 June 1949 vol 466 c99W
Mr. Shepherd

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the amount of money expended on radio equipment by the police and fire services in the United Kingdom for the year 1948.

Mr. Ede

Exact figures are not available but the approximate amount so spent was£70,000, including£21,000 paid as rentals by the English and Welsh police and fire authorities who rent their equipment from the Home Office.