Home Department written question – answered at on 14 February 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average period has been in each of the last five years between police recruits applying to and starting training in (a) Staffordshire police force, (b) West Midlands police force, (c) Shropshire police force, (d) West Mercia police force and (e) Warwickshire police force, broken down by (i) sex and (ii) ethnic origin.
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Staffordshire, West Midlands, West Mercia and Warwickshire police forces have informed me that neither the sex nor ethnic origin of candidates have any bearing on the length of time from application to appointment. The West Mercia constabulary includes Shropshire.
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