HC Deb 10 March 1966 vol 725 c609W
2. Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers in the area of the five new county boroughs in the West Midlands have opted for transfer to the county force rather than to stay in their present divisions as members of the new West Midlands force.

Mr. George Thomas

Options have not yet been finally exercised, but it is thought that probably 160 members of the Staffordshire Constabulary and 11 members of the Worcestershire Constabulary will decide to stay in their present forces.