Home Office written question – answered at on 26 September 2023.
Baroness Buscombe
Chair, Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee), Chair, Draft Mental Health Bill (Joint Committee)
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of the current police force is made up of ex-armed forces personnel.
Lord Sharpe of Epsom
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department
The Home Office does not hold information on serving officers’ professional background.
A survey of new police officer recruits, conducted in 2022 as part of the Police Uplift Programme, found that 3% of the preceding year’s recruits had military experience prior to joining the police. However, the Home Office does not hold data to assess whether this proportion reflects the backgrounds of the wider police force.
Yes2 people think so
No2 people think not
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