Jeremy Browne
Opposition Whip (Commons), Shadow Minister (Home Affairs)
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people classified as being from an ethnic minority were recruited for the post of (a) police officer, (b) police community support officer and (c) special constable by police in each of the last five years; and what percentage of the police work force this represented in each case.
Tony McNulty
Minister of State, Home Office
The available data for 2002-03 to 2005-06 inclusive are given in the tables.
| Police community support officer minority ethnic recruits( 1) to police forces from 2002-03 to 2005-06( 2) (FTE)( 3) and recruits as percentage of total strength | ||||||
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | |||||
| Minority ethnic recruits | Total strength | Minority ethnic recruit (percentage) | Minority ethnic recruits | Total strength | Minority ethnic recruit (percentage) | |
| Avon and Somerset | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 45 | 0.0 |
| Bedfordshire | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 12 | 8.3 |
| Cambridgeshire | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Cheshire | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 50 | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 37 | 2.7 | 0 | 77 | 0.0 |
| Cumbria | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Derbyshire | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Devon and Cornwall | 0 | 19 | 0.0 | 0 | 51 | 0.0 |
| Dorset | 0 | 6 | 0.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Durham | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 |
| Essex | 1 | 10 | 5.3 | 0 | 86 | 0.0 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 54 | 5.6 |
| Greater Manchester | 13 | 160 | 8.1 | 1 | 173 | 0.6 |
| Hampshire | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hertfordshire | 1 | 14 | 7.2 | 1 | 46 | 2.2 |
| Humberside | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Kent | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 59 | 0.0 |
| Lancashire | 1 | 77 | 1.3 | 0 | 110 | 0.0 |
| Leicestershire | 1 | 28 | 3.6 | 6 | 41 | 14.6 |
| Lincolnshire | 1 | 29 | 3.4 | 0 | 38 | 0.0 |
| London, City of | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| Merseyside | 2 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Metropolitan Police | 132 | 513 | 25.8 | 368 | 1,463 | 25.2 |
| Norfolk | 0 | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 33 | 0.0 |
| Northamptonshire | 1 | 12 | 8.3 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 |
| Northumbria | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 51 | 2.0 |
| North Yorkshire | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 52 | 0.0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 0 | 10 | 0.0 | 2 | 56 | 4.4 |
| South Yorkshire | 0 | 14 | 0.0 | 1 | 59 | 1.7 |
| Staffordshire | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 7 | 13.5 |
| Suffolk | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 15 | 0.0 |
| Surrey | 0 | 21 | 0.0 | 2 | 56 | 2.9 |
| Sussex | 0 | 22 | 0.0 | 1 | 83 | 1.2 |
| Thames Valley | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Warwickshire | 0 | 11 | 0.0 | 1 | 25 | 4.0 |
| West Mercia | 0 | 8 | 0.0 | 1 | 57 | 1.7 |
| West Midlands | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 39 | 10.3 |
| West Yorkshire | 5 | 70 | 7.1 | 12 | 265 | 4.5 |
| Wiltshire | 0 | 15 | 0.0 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Gwent | 0 | 30 | 0.0 | 0 | 45 | 0.0 |
| North Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — |
| South Wales | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 59 | 8.5 |
| England and Wales | 159 | 1,176 | 13.5 | 411 | 3,418 | 12.0 |
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | |||||
| Minority ethnic recruits | Total strength | Minority ethnic recruit (percentage) | Minority ethnic recruits | Total strength | Minority ethnic recruit (percentage) | |
| Avon and Somerset | 0 | 139 | 0.0 | 0 | 130 | 0.0 |
| Bedfordshire | 4 | 40 | 10.1 | 1 | 41 | 2.4 |
| Cambridgeshire | 2 | 86 | 2.3 | 3 | 101 | 3.0 |
| Cheshire | 1 | 52 | 1.9 | 0 | 75 | 0.0 |
| Cleveland | 0 | 75 | 0.0 | 0 | 100 | 0.0 |
| Cumbria | 0 | 17 | 0.0 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 |
| Derbyshire | 4 | 43 | 9.3 | 0 | 42 | 0.0 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 0 | 74 | 0.0 | 0 | 74 | 0.0 |
| Dorset | 0 | 47 | 0.0 | 2 | 61 | 3.3 |
| Durham | 1 | 69 | 1.4 | 0 | 67 | 0.0 |
| Essex | 6 | 179 | 3.4 | 0 | 192 | 0.0 |
| Gloucestershire | 2 | 72 | 2.8 | 0 | 72 | 0.0 |
| Greater Manchester | 2 | 269 | 0.7 | 2 | 251 | 0.8 |
| Hampshire | 0 | 26 | 0.0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Hertfordshire | 2 | 98 | 2.0 | 1 | 139 | 0.7 |
| Humberside | 1 | 20 | 5.0 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 |
| Kent | 2 | 105 | 1 .9 | 0 | 97 | 0.0 |
| Lancashire | 1 | 161 | 0.6 | 3 | 184 | 1.6 |
| Leicestershire | 7 | 103 | 6.8 | 9 | 136 | 6.6 |
| Lincolnshire | 0 | 75 | 0.0 | 0 | 78 | 0.0 |
| London, City of | 3 | 14 | 21.4 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 |
| Merseyside | 2 | 170 | 1.2 | 1 | 196 | 0.5 |
| Metropolitan Police | 247 | 2,147 | 11.5 | 152 | 2,315 | 6.6 |
| Norfolk | 3 | 68 | 4.4 | 1 | 65 | 1.5 |
| Northamptonshire | 2 | 37 | 5.4 | 0 | 40 | 0.0 |
| Northumbria | 2 | 126 | 1.6 | 1 | 129 | 0.8 |
| North Yorkshire | 0 | 75 | 0.0 | 0 | 71 | 0.0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 3 | 108 | 2.8 | 0 | 112 | 0.0 |
| South Yorkshire | 3 | 124 | 2.4 | 0 | 121 | 0.0 |
| Staffordshire | 3 | 63 | 4.8 | 1 | 70 | 1.4 |
| Suffolk | 0 | 34 | 0.0 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 |
| Surrey | 2 | 115 | 1.7 | 2 | 126 | 1.6 |
| Sussex | 4 | 228 | 1 .8 | 0 | 257 | 0.0 |
| Thames Valley | 6 | 98 | 6.1 | 7 | 130 | 5.4 |
| Warwickshire | 0 | 56 | 0.0 | 1 | 64 | 1.6 |
| West Mercia | 0 | 81 | 0.0 | 0 | 85 | 0.0 |
| West Midlands | 19 | 219 | 8.7 | 9 | 252 | 3.4 |
| West Yorkshire | 7 | 394 | 1.8 | 7 | 462 | 1.5 |
| Wiltshire | 0 | 41 | 0.0 | 0 | 57 | 0.0 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 0 | 25 | 0.0 | 0 | 26 | 0.0 |
| Gwent | 0 | 77 | 0.0 | 0 | 76 | 0.0 |
| North Wales | 0 | 59 | 0.0 | 0 | 58 | 0.0 |
| South Wales | 3 | 107 | 2.8 | 0 | 111 | 0.0 |
| England and Wales | 344 | 6,214 | 5.5 | 204 | 6,769 | 3.0 |
| (1) Recruits included those officers joining as Police Standard Direct Recruits and those who were previously special constables. This excludes police community support officers on transfers from other forces and those rejoining. (2) Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. Data are not available prior to 2002-03. (3) Full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. | ||||||
| Police officer minority ethnic recruits( 1) to police forces from 2002-03 to 2005-06( 2) (FTE)( 3) and recruits as percentage of total strength | ||||||
| 2002-03 | 2003-04 | |||||
| Minority ethnic recruits | Total strength | Minority ethnic recruit (percentage) | Minority ethnic recruits | Total strength | Minority ethnic recruit (percentage) | |
| Avon and Somerset | 2 | 3,160 | 0.1 | 4 | 3,417 | 0.1 |
| Bedfordshire | 4 | 1,119 | 0.4 | 5 | 1,199 | 0.4 |
| Cambridgeshire | 5 | 1,391 | 0.4 | 6 | 1,412 | 0.4 |
| Cheshire | 1 | 2,137 | 0.0 | 6 | 2,204 | 0.3 |
| Cleveland | 1 | 1,592 | 0.1 | 2 | 1,697 | 0.1 |
| Cumbria | 0 | 1,154 | 0.0 | 4 | 1,241 | 0.3 |
| Derbyshire | 6 | 2,010 | 0.3 | 1 | 2,084 | 0.0 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 2 | 3,215 | 0.1 | 2 | 3,311 | 0.1 |
| Dorset | 1 | 1,422 | 0.1 | 1 | 1,453 | 0.1 |
| Durham | 0 | 1,662 | 0.0 | 4 | 1,701 | 0.2 |
| Essex | 0 | 3,007 | 0.0 | 3 | 3,120 | 0.1 |
| Gloucestershire | 0 | 1,237 | 0.0 | 3 | 1,298 | 0.2 |
| Greater Manchester | 2 | 7,391 | 0.0 | 41 | 8,111 | 0.5 |
| Hampshire | 6 | 3,707 | 0.2 | 7 | 3,780 | 0.2 |
| Hertfordshire | 7 | 1,977 | 0.4 | 14 | 2,117 | 0.7 |
| Humberside | 1 | 2,123 | 0.0 | 4 | 2,231 | 0.2 |
| Kent | 2 | 3,488 | 0.1 | 4 | 3,621 | 0.1 |
| Lancashire | 14 | 3,380 | 0.4 | 15 | 3,579 | 0.4 |
| Leicestershire | 6 | 2,147 | 0.3 | 18 | 2,300 | 0.8 |
| Lincolnshire | 1 | 1,236 | 0.1 | 1 | 1,241 | 0.1 |
| London, City of | 4 | 811 | 0.5 | 7 | 856 | 0.8 |
| Merseyside | 3 | 4,112 | 0.1 | 7 | 4,129 | 0.2 |
| Metropolitan Police | 305 | 28,231 | 1.1 | 500 | 30,035 | 1.7 |
| Norfolk | 2 | 1,509 | 0.1 | 0 | 1,524 | 0.0 |
| Northamptonshire | 2 | 1,222 | 0.2 | 7 | 1,261 | 0.6 |
| Northumbria | 6 | 4,018 | 0.1 | 1 | 4,061 | 0.0 |
| North Yorkshire | 2 | 1,452 | 0.1 | 2 | 1,534 | 0.1 |
| Nottinghamshire | 6 | 2,426 | 0.2 | 7 | 2,507 | 0.3 |
| South Yorkshire | 3 | 3,194 | 0.1 | 9 | 3,307 | 0.3 |
| Staffordshire | 0 | 2,224 | 0.0 | 2 | 2,286 | 0.1 |
| Suffolk | 1 | 1,258 | 0.1 | 3 | 1,314 | 0.2 |
| Surrey | 8 | 1,933 | 0.4 | 3 | 1,942 | 0.2 |
| Sussex | 0 | 3,037 | 0.0 | 4 | 3,090 | 0.1 |
| Thames Valley | 9 | 3,899 | 0.2 | 20 | 4,103 | 0.5 |
| Warwickshire | 4 | 1,000 | 0.4 | 1 | 1,011 | 0.1 |
| West Mercia | 1 | 2,267 | 0.0 | 2 | 2,365 | 0.1 |
| West Midlands | 48 | 7,832 | 0.6 | 49 | 8,008 | 0.6 |
| West Yorkshire | 12 | 5,037 | 0.2 | 16 | 5,313 | 0.3 |
| Wiltshire | 2 | 1,169 | 0.2 | 5 | 1,225 | 0.4 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 1 | 1,156 | 0.1 | 0 | 1,167 | 0.0 |
| Gwent | 1 | 1,347 | 0.1 | 2 | 1,376 | 0.1 |
| North Wales | 0 | 1,553 | 0.0 | 0 | 1,625 | 0.0 |
| South Wales | 4 | 3,269 | 0.1 | 3 | 3,312 | 0.1 |
| England and Wales | 485 | 132,509 | 0.4 | 795 | 138,468 | 0.6 |
| 2004-05 | 2005-06 | |||||
| Minority ethnic recruits | Total strength | Minority ethnic recruit (percentage) | Minority Ethnic Recruits | Total Strength | Minority ethnic recruit (percentage) | |
| Avon and Somerset | 2 | 3,398 | 0.1 | 4 | 3,439 | 0.1 |
| Bedfordshire | 12 | 1,232 | 1.0 | 9 | 1,225 | 0.7 |
| Cambridgeshire | 6 | 1,418 | 0.4 | 1 | 1,449 | 0.1 |
| Cheshire | 0 | 2,207 | 0.0 | 3 | 2,218 | 0.1 |
| Cleveland | 2 | 1,689 | 0.1 | 6 | 1,702 | 0.4 |
| Cumbria | 1 | 1,260 | 0.1 | 0 | 1,265 | 0.0 |
| Derbyshire | 1 | 2,082 | 0.0 | 3 | 2,073 | 0.1 |
| Devon and Cornwall | 1 | 3,399 | 0.0 | 1 | 3,540 | 0.0 |
| Dorset | 0 | 1,475 | 0.0 | 0 | 1,512 | 0.0 |
| Durham | 1 | 1,738 | 0.1 | 1 | 1,716 | 0.1 |
| Essex | 7 | 3,230 | 0.2 | 7 | 3,322 | 0.2 |
| Gloucestershire | 2 | 1,308 | 0.2 | 1 | 1,303 | 0.1 |
| Greater Manchester | 32 | 8,119 | 0.4 | 11 | 8,071 | 0.1 |
| Hampshire | 5 | 3,803 | 0.1 | 13 | 3,800 | 0.3 |
| Hertfordshire | 5 | 2,145 | 0.2 | 8 | 2,166 | 0.4 |
| Humberside | 0 | 2,252 | 0.0 | 0 | 2,232 | 0.0 |
| Kent | 8 | 3,630 | 0.2 | 6 | 3,648 | 0.2 |
| Lancashire | 6 | 3,585 | 0.2 | 5 | 3,635 | 0.1 |
| Leicestershire | 6 | 2,311 | 0.3 | 9 | 2,277 | 0.4 |
| Lincolnshire | 2 | 1,234 | 0.2 | 2 | 1,236 | 0.2 |
| London, City of | 8 | 881 | 0.9 | 3 | 875 | 0.3 |
| Merseyside | 10 | 4,339 | 0.2 | 7 | 4,302 | 0.2 |
| Metropolitan Police | 252 | 31,073 | 0.8 | 166 | 30,948 | 0.5 |
| Norfolk | 0 | 1,554 | 0.0 | 0 | 1,575 | 0.0 |
| Northamptonshire | 6 | 1,289 | 0.5 | 1 | 1,338 | 0.1 |
| Northumbria | 2 | 4,088 | 0.0 | 5 | 4,066 | 0.1 |
| North Yorkshire | 0 | 1,561 | 0.0 | 0 | 1,653 | 0.0 |
| Nottinghamshire | 5 | 2,522 | 0.2 | 2 | 2,512 | 0.1 |
| South Yorkshire | 5 | 3,307 | 0.2 | 5 | 3,305 | 0.2 |
| Staffordshire | 3 | 2,309 | 0.1 | 3 | 2,302 | 0.1 |
| Suffolk | 0 | 1,323 | 0.0 | 3 | 1,307 | 0.2 |
| Surrey | 1 | 1,959 | 0.1 | 7 | 1,967 | 0.4 |
| Sussex | 6 | 3,094 | 0.2 | 7 | 3,127 | 0.2 |
| Thames Valley | 14 | 4,189 | 0.3 | 15 | 4,288 | 0.3 |
| Warwickshire | 5 | 1,012 | 0.5 | 10 | 1,040 | 1.0 |
| West Mercia | 2 | 2,380 | 0.1 | 1 | 2,385 | 0.0 |
| West Midlands | 43 | 8,154 | 0.5 | 54 | 8,192 | 0.7 |
| West Yorkshire | 35 | 5,671 | 0.6 | 8 | 5,685 | 0.1 |
| Wiltshire | 2 | 1,229 | 0.2 | 1 | 1,230 | 0.1 |
| Dyfed-Powys | 0 | 1,183 | 0.0 | 1 | 1,194 | 0.1 |
| Gwent | 0 | 1,438 | 0.0 | 2 | 1,467 | 0.1 |
| North Wales | 1 | 1,676 | 0.1 | 0 | 1,634 | 0.0 |
| South Wales | 3 | 3,316 | 0.1 | 5 | 3,303 | 0.2 |
| England and Wales | 502 | 141,059 | 0.4 | 396 | 141,523 | 0.3 |
| (1) Recruits included those officers joining as Police Standard Direct Recruits and those who were previously special constables. This excludes police officers on transfers from other forces and those rejoining. (2) Financial year runs 1 April to 31 March inclusive. Data are not available prior to 2002-03. (3) Full-time equivalent figures that have been rounded to the nearest whole number. Because of rounding, there may be an apparent discrepancy between totals and the sums of the constituent items. | ||||||
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