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Metropolitan Police (Promotions)

Volume 342: debated on Tuesday 20 December 1938

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asked the Home Secretary what was the number of appointments to posts above the rank of inspector in the Metropolitan Police Force for each year since 1928, and the number of junior station inspectors appointed for each year since 1933?

The particulars of such appointments up to the rank of chief constable are given in the following tables:—

Figures for the register which recently came into force are not yet available. The total Parliamentary electorate of England, Wales and Northern Ireland on the previous register was 28,772,053. I understand that the corresponding figure for Scotland is not in the possession of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.

asked the Home Secretary whether he will state the Parliamentary electorate of the seven universities represented by the 12 Members?

The latest available figures are as follow:

University of Oxford25,071
University of Cambridge37,804
University of London19,475
Combined English Universities Constituency32,646
University of Wales9,292
Queen's University of Belfast4,008
Total128,296

I am asking my right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can furnish the figures for the Scottish Universities constituency.