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Written question asked by Lord Ouseley (Crossbench) on Monday, 13 October 2014, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 October 2014. It was answered by Lord Bates (Conservative) on Monday, 20 October 2014 on behalf of the Home Office.


Police: Recruitment

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) women, and (2) black and minority ethnic people, have been appointed to advertised posts for direct entry to senior ranks of the police service.

Answer

Of the 10 superintendents who are expected to begin their superintendent training next month four (40%) will be women and two (20%) will be from an ethnic minority background. This is significantly more representative than the current make up of the superintendent rank of which 24% are women and 4% are from an ethnic minority background.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL2022
Session
2014-15
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2014-1445
Friday, 7 November 2014
Deposited papers
House of Lords
Subjects
Women Ethnic groups Police Recruitment
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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