Traffic Lights, Savoy Street and Embankment

HC Deb 16 February 1956 vol 548 cc283-4W

66. Mrs. L. Jeger

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how long traffic lights at the junction of Savoy Street and the Embankment have been hand-operated; and how many police man-hours a week are used for this purpose.

Mr. Deedes

These lights have been hand-operated since May, 1939, and take up eighty-four man-hours per week.