Hand Brake Lock

In an anti-theft hand brake arrangement for a motor vehicle having a ratchet free mechanism operable by a push button, exposed at the end of a handbrake lever, the push-button incorporates a cylinder lock. In the locked condition, the push-button may still be depressed, but without acting on the ratchet release mechanism, while in the unlocked condition an abutment member at the inner end of the push-button is so situated as to engage a release member of the ratchet free mechanism when the push-button is depressed, thereby to release the brake ratchet.