asked the Home Secretary if he will state which police authorities in England and Wales have not yet availed themselves of his offer of a grant-in-aid for the purchase of motor cars and motor cycles for the formation of motor patrol sections?

My right hon. Friend regrets that he cannot give full particulars, as the returns from the forces which were asked for by the 20th instant in connection with the claims for grants have not all been received. Returns have been received from 107 forces where motor patrols have been instituted, and it is known that they have been instituted in most of the other forces—excepting 15 of the smallest forces to which the scheme was not extended.