HC Deb 13 April 1989 vol 150 c713W
58. Mr. Tony Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of special constables in the Metropolitan police are(a) from ethnic minorities, and (b) women.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

I understand from the commissioner that, of the 1,419 members of the Metropolitan special constabulary of 14 March 1989, 9 per cent. (134) were from ethnic minorities and 32 per cent. (460) were women.