§ Mr. Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of recruits, the number of resignations, and the number of retirements with
1957 Men Women Recruits Resignation without pension or gratuity Retirement with pension or gratuity Recruits Total wastage Counties, Cities and Boroughs: July … … 303 135 108 41 21 August … … 335 143 68 36 31 September … … 355 128 113 20 32 October … … 381 190 118 28 30 Metropolitan: July … … 135 56 42 — 12 August … … 94 36 37 7 4 September … … 150 53 66 8 13 October … … 99 45 37 5 12