HC Deb 18 November 1954 vol 533 c51W
Mrs. Braddock

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many officers above the rank of inspector there were in A Division of the Metropolitan Police in 1946; and how many other ranks;

(2) how many officers above the rank of inspector there are now in A Division of the Metropolitan Police; and how many other ranks.

Major Lloyd-George

On 4th November, 1946, there were 14 officers in A Division of the Metropolitan police force above the rank of inspector; the inspectors and other ranks totalled 543 (including 11 women officers). The corresponding figures on 14th November, 1954, were, respectively, 15 and 639 (including 20 women officers).