§ Mr. Symondsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the maximum area allowed for police officers' houses without a study.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe maximum floor areas normally allowed in police houses are. for constables and sergeants, 1,000 square feet; for inspectors and super-16W intendents, 1,300 square feet; and for assistant chief constables and chief constables, 1,500 square feet.
§ Mr. Symondsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the ceiling price agreed to for police officers' houses; and to what extent his Department fixes an economic rent.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerThe cost of providing police houses depends on many variable factors and no maximum prices are fixed. Under Regulation 28 of the Police Regulations, 1952, a police authority is required to provide each member of a police force with a house or quarters free of rent and rates or to pay him a rent allowance; the question of fixing economic rents for police houses does not therefore arise.