§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the numbers of police officers in each police force area broken down by grade and indicating for each grade how many are of Asian origin. [59073]
§ Mr. BoatengThe information is set out in the table. Further information on ethnic minority staff in the police service can be obtained in Home Office Statistical Bulletin "Police Service Personnel" (Issue 17/98) issued on 3 September 1998, a copy of which is in the Library.
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Total police force strength and total Asian officers, by rank, as at 31 March 1998 Inspector Sergeant Constable All ranks Police force Total Asian Total Asian Total Asian Total Asian Avon and Somerset 150 — 449 — 2,308 6 2,976 6 Bedfordshire 57 1 147 1 843 14 1,079 16 Cambridgeshire 64 — 185 — 1,014 6 1,291 6 Cheshire 92 — 293 — 1,601 — 2,042 0 City of London 52 — 115 — 634 — 825 0 Cleveland 77 — 226 1 1,146 12 1,483 13 Cumbria 54 — 168 — 911 2 1,164 2 Derbyshire 89 1 273 5 1,363 15 1,772 21 Devon and Cornwall 138 — 420 — 2,323 1 2,962 1 Dorset 66 — 201 — 1,003 1 1,310 1 Durham 75 — 211 — 1,184 4 1,515 4 Dyfed-Powys 48 — 173 — 749 — 1,002 0 Essex 134 — 452 2 2,264 6 2,929 9 Gloucestershire 53 — 162 — 861 7 1,104 7 Greater Manchester 352 1 1,008 12 5,416 47 6,949 60 Gwent 58 — 193 — 951 — 1,233 0 Hampshire 162 — 510 3 2,737 9 3,490 12 Hertfordshire 96 — 264 — 1,328 5 1,740 5 Humberside 109 — 297 — 1,565 6 2,021 6 Kent 162 — 461 2 2,548 12 3,251 14 Lancashire 174 — 516 2 2,504 19 3,257 22 Leicestershire 93 — 260 9 1,587 36 1,983 45 Lincolnshire 65 — 182 — 905 2 1,191 2 Merseyside 186 1 628 — 3,293 26 4,216 27 Metropolitan Police 1,186 5 4,164 14 20,156 147 26,094 166 Norfolk 67 1 207 — 1,115 2 1,430 3 Northamptonshire 54 1 164 1 925 6 1,169 8 Northumbria 185 — 529 1 2,961 3 3,769 4 North Wales 69 — 226 — 1,055 — 1,396 0 North Yorkshire 65 1 215 — 1,053 3 1,367 4 Nottinghamshire 114 1 331 2 1,831 18 2,323 22 South Wales 155 1 439 1 2,309 6 2,986 9 South Yorkshire 156 — 479 4 2,459 27 3,182 31 Staffordshire 121 — 329 — 1,782 8 2,292 8 Suffolk 57 — 171 — 927 6 1,186 6 Surrey 88 — 242 — 1,237 9 1,608 9 Sussex 158 — 465 2 2,343 2 3,038 4 Thames Valley 188 1 564 5 2,937 22 3,776 28 Warwickshire 47 1 130 3 724 15 924 19 West Mercia 115 — 290 — 1,554 9 2,010 9 West Midlands 319 2 984 10 5,731 111 7,156 123 West Yorkshire 245 1 722 7 4,069 55 5,155 64 Wiltshire 60 — 175 — 888 2 1,156 2 Total strength 6,052 19 18,616 87 97,094 687 124,798 798