HC Deb 23 January 1964 vol 687 cc150-1W
31. Mr. Fletcher

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present strength of the Metropolitan Police Force; and how it com pares with the strength of the Force in 1938.

Mr. Brooke

The male strength of the Metropolitan police was 18,511 in December, 1938, and 18,022 on 31st December, 1963. After the war, at the end of 1946, it was very little above 14,000. It has increased by 1,200 in the last three years.