HC Deb 16 February 1988 vol 127 cc542-3W
Mr. Holt

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent traffic wardens have been employed by the Metropolitan police in each of the past five years.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that the information is as follows:

Number
31 December 1983 1,789
31 December 1984 1,829

Number
31 December 1985 1,698
31 December 1986 1,668
31 December 1987 1,527

These figures include wardens employed at Heathrow airport.