§ Mr. Tony Lloydasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give details of the amount of mutual aid sent by the Metropolitan police to other forces by month during the course of the miners' strike.
§ Mr. Giles Shaw[pursuant to his reply, 13 March 1985, c. 161]: The information requested is as follows:
Number of Metropolitan Police officers sent on mutual aid duties in connection with the miners' dispute in each month since Mara. 1984. Number March 1984 2,553 April 3,105 May 2,006 June 1,735 July 5,360 August 4,365 September 7,695 October 5,162 November 3,461 December 1,977 January 1985 1,419 February 1,846 March 47 The periods of duty involved ranged from one day to eight days.