§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what has been the average percentage increase in police officers' pay between 1973 and 1978; and what has been the increase in the cost of living in the same period.
§ Mr. Merlyn ReesThe retail price index increased by 108.2 per cent. between April 1973 and March 1978. In the same period the basic pay of a police constable 705W outside London increased by 104 per cent. at the minimum 99.8 per cent. at the four year point and 74.8 per cent. at the maximum.