§ Mr. Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of resignations of men with less than two years' service in the police service in England and Wales, including metropolitan, for the years 1934 to 1938, inclusive.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe number of male police officers with less than two years' service who resigned from police forces in England and Wales, excluding the Metropolitan Police, in the years 1934 to 1938 is as follows:
1934 187 1935 204 1936 274 1937 334 1938 410 I regret that similar figures are not available for the Metropolitan Police.
§ Mr. Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of retirements, without pension or gratuity, of men in the police service with two years' service or more in England and Wales, including the metropolitan, in the years 1934 to 1938.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI regret that this information is not available.
The total number of male Metropolitan Police officers who resigned without pension or gratuity in these years was:
1934 121 1935 134 1936 188 1937 274 1938 385 Comparable figures are not available for the provincial forces.