HC Deb 17 June 1958 vol 589 c71W
Mr. Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the total cost of training a recruit to the police service at a police training centre in 1957.

Mr. R. A. Butler

For the year ending 31st March, 1957, the latest year for which final figures are available, the average cost for each recruit for the thirteen weeks initial course was £100.

Mr. Callaghan

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will show in tabular form the number of constables in the police forces of England and Wales, including the Metropolitan, who resigned in their first two years of service, between two and five years' service, and between five and ten years' service in the years 1955, 1956 and 1957.

Mr. R. A. Butler

The figures for the Metropolitan Police Force are given in the following table:

Resignations of men with less than two years service Resignations of men with between two and five years service Resignations of men with between five and ten years service
1955 248 142 131
1956 268 77 76
1957 294 109 106

For other forces in England and Wales the available information is limited to the numbers of men

  1. (a) who resigned with less than two years service;
  2. (b) who retired without pension or gratuity after two years service or more.

The information in tabular form is as follows:

Resignations of men with less than two years service Retirements without pension or gratuity of men with two years service or more
1955 878 1,135
1956 718 522
1957 913 761

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