§ Mr. ChurchillTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been achieved to date in the drive to recruit 30,000 special constables by the end of 1996. [31763]
§ Mr. Maclean[holding answer 30 June 1995]: Public response to our recruitment campaign has been very encouraging. Over 38,500 members of the public responded to our advertising and have expressed an interest in joining the special constabulary. Many have gone on to make preliminary applications and these have been passed to police forces. We hope that a significant number of these applications are successful.