§ 30. Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were convicted in Sheffield in 1973 and 1974 and the first half of 1975 for assaults on the police.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI regret that this information is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Macfarlaneasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the level of recruitment to the Metropolitan Police Force during the first nine months of 1975; and how this compares with 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, and other county constabularies.
§ Dr. SummerskillThe figures are:
Metropolitan Police All other police forces in England and Wales First nine months of year— 1971 770 4,350 1972 904 4,461 1973 782 4,127 1974 872 4,006 1975 1,159 6,018 All figures exclude transfers between police forces in England and Wales. They include 54 police officers transferred from British Airports Authority Constabulary to provincial forces in 1975.
§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any serving British police officers 239W have visited Rhodesia since UDI; and, if so, in what circumstances.
§ Dr. SummerskillNone on police or other official business. I should not of course know of any private visits for personal reasons.
§ Miss Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign policemen are currently undergoing training in this country; and which countries they are from.
§ Dr. SummerskillPolice forces are not required to notify my Department of arrangements which they may make to accept students from foreign countries on their training courses, and comprehensive details of such placements are not, therefore, available centrally; but placements arranged by or known to the Home Office comprise of 88 police officers from the following 28 Commonwealth and foreign countries: Antigua, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Botswana, Dominica, Egypt, Fiji, Ghana, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Jamaica, Japan, Malawi, Malaysia, Nepal, New Hebrides, Oman, St. Lucia, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Yemen and Zambia.