HC Deb 10 February 1994 vol 237 c442W
14. Mr. Brandreth

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what initiatives he is planning to encourage the recruitment of special constables.

Mr. Howard

Our police reform White Paper announced the Government's commitment to increase the number of special constables by 10,000 by the end of 1996. As a start, I am about to launch a new advertising campaign to recruit specials. The first phase of the campaign will begin in the north-west this April.