HC Deb 14 April 1972 vol 834 c243W
Mr. Jeffrey Archer

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money is being spent on the police recruiting campaign this year, with comparative figures for the last 10 years.

Mr. Carlisle

The figures for England and Wales are:

£
1962–63 Nil
1963–64 191,400
1964–65 198,483
1965–66 320,906
1966–67 305,330
1967–68 261,815
1968–69 161,374
1969–70 384,254
1970–71 586,602
1971–72(provisional figure) 542,000
1972–73(estimated) 600,000
In addition some money is spent centrally on recruiting material; and police authorities incur expenditure, of which I do not have details, on local recruitment campaigns.