Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 December 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Thursday, 11 December 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people accepted on the Higher Potential Scheme in each of the last five years were (a) women, (b) black and minority ethnic and (c) disabled.

Answer

The Police High Potential Development Scheme (HPDS) was introduced in 2002. It was revised and relaunched in 2008.Disability data were not recorded until 2006/07. The following table provides data on the number and proportion of people accepted onto the HPDS in each of the last five years. Information on the first year of the HPDS is also provided.

Breakdown of successful HPDS candidates by sex, ethnicity and disability
	Total	Male	Female	NR¹	BME²	White	NR¹	Disability	NR¹
Original HPDS
2002-03
Number	57	48	9	0	0	56	1	—	—
Percentage	—	84.2	15.8	—	—	98.2	1.8	—	—

2003-04
Number	58	44	14	0	3	55	0	—	—
Percentage	—	75.9	24.1	—	5.2	94.8	—	—	—

2004-05
Number	30	16	14	0	2	28	0	—	—
Percentage	—	53.3	46.6	—	6.6	93.3	—	—	—

2005-06
Number	30	15	15	0	2	28	0	—	—
Percentage	—	50.0	50.0	—	6.6	93.3	—	—	—
2006-07
Number	44	27	17	0	1	33	10	1	0
Percentage	—	61.4	38.6	—	2.3	75.0	22.7	2.3	—

Revised HPDS
2007-08
Number	84	57	22	5	5	74	5	3	6
Percentage	—	67.9	26.2	6.0	6.0	88.1	6.0	3.6	7.1
¹ NR = data not recorded or listed as ““prefer not to say””.
² BME = Black, Minority, or Ethnic minority background.

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Type: Written question
Reference: 485 c242-4W; 240345
Session: 2008-09
Subjects: Equality Police Training
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

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