HL Deb 20 December 1983 vol 446 c709WA
Lord Inglewood

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What was the length of the initial training course for newly joined police constables and women police constables at Home Office schools on 1st January 1980 and what is the length today.

Lord Elton

In January 1980, recruits to provisional police forces in England and Wales attended Home Office Police Training Centres for a 10-week initial course of training. This will be extended to 14 weeks from January 1984, as recommended by a working party of the Police Training Council in a report published in July 1983, a copy of which is in the Library.