§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures are being taken to ensure that recruits to the Metropolitan police receive training in race relations after their initial training at Hendon initial training school; and how many recruits received such additional training in the financial year 1990–91.
§ Mr. Peter LloydFollowing their initial training at Hendon training school, probationer constables in the Metropolitan police receive further training on the local area to which they have been posted. The precise content is determined by local training managers but most probationers become involved in discussion groups with representatives from minority groups including the ethnic minorities. A community and race relations handbook is being produced which will be given to every area training unit and to every recruit.
Because of the diverse nature of local training arrangements the number of recruits receiving race relations training on leaving Hendon in the financial year 1990–91 could be ascertained only at disproportionate cost.