§ 67. Mr. Mappasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give an estimate of Metropolitan Police costs that, on present practice, might be attributable to traffic control operations on highways.
§ Mr. R. A. ButlerI regret that it is not possible to make such an estimate on any realistic basis. About 10 per cent. of the strength of the Metropolitan Police are employed whole-time on traffic duties; other beat officers give varying proportions of their time to the work of traffic control.