HC Deb 02 May 1969 vol 782 c295W
Mr. Tom Boardman

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether he will give an estimate of the man-hours and money spent by the police in the most recent period of 12 months for which figures are available in endeavouring to trace offenders against Section 66 of the Post Office Act, 1953;

(2) how many persons have been convicted of offences under Section 66 of the Post Office Act, 1953 in each of the years from 1963 to 1968, inclusive;

(3) how many complaints of offences under Section 66 of the Post Office Act, 1953 were reported in 1963 and in the most recent period of 12 months for which figures are available.

Mr. Elystan Morgan

Offences under Section 66 of the Post Office Act, 1953, are not recorded separately in the criminal statistics. Nor is there a separate record of complaints relating to that section. I regret that information to enable estimates to be made of man-hours and money spent by the police on enforcement of the section is not readily available.

Name of city or county borough Police authority Authorised Establishment Strength on 31st March, 1969
London
Metropolitan … … Home Secretary … … … 26,058 20,510
City … … … … City of London … … … 1,005 743
Birmingham … … … Birmingham … … … … 3,029 2,475
Liverpool … … … Liverpool and Bootle … … 2,585 1,960
Manchester … … … Manchester and Salford … … 2,433 2,159
Sheffield … … … … Sheffield and Rotherham … … 1,448 1,079
Leeds … … … … Leeds … … … … … 1,380 1,105
Bristol … … … … Bristol … … … … 1,151 1,081
Teesside … … … … Teesside … … … … 777 778
Coventry … … … Coventry … … … … 670 502
Nottingham … … … Nottinghamshire Combined … 1,766 1,652
Bradford … … … Bradford … … … … 734 637
Kingston-upon-Hull … … Kingston-upon-Hull … … 694 657
Cardiff … … … … Cardiff … … … … 750 682
Leicester … … … … Leicester and Rutland … … 1,413 1,270
Stoke … … … … Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent … 1,801 1,765
Wolverhampton … … West Midlands … … … 1,969 1,382
Newcastle … … … Northumberland … … … 1,780 1,695
Sunderland … … … Durham … … … … 2,586 2,509
Plymouth … … … Devon and Cornwall … … 2,480 2,133
Portsmouth … … … Hampshire … … … … 2,750 2,369