§ 27. Mr. Kenneth Lewisasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of the Metropolitan Police are normally involved in doing duty on crowd control at football grounds in the Metropolitan area on Saturdays; and whether the numbers called for have increased in recent years.
§ Mr. George ThomasOn an average Saturday about 120 members of the Metropolitan Police are on crowd control duties inside football grounds and a further 40 on similar duties in surrounding streets. In recent years the numbers have been fairly constant.