HC Deb 08 May 2001 vol 368 cc44-5W
Mr. Beggs

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list, in respect of each of the recruitment competitions to the RUC from 1995 to date the(a) number and (b) percentage of (i) applicants and (ii) candidates offered appointment, broken down by perceived community background, who took up appointments in the (1) RUC and (2) full-time RUC Reserve. [157607]

Mr. Ingram

The tables show the breakdown of applications for recruitment to the Royal Ulster Constabulary from 1995 to the last recruitment campaign in December 1998 and the corresponding number of successful applicants in percentage terms.

Full-time—Acceptances
CB1 CB2 CB3
M F T M F T M F T Total Percentage of total applications
Comp B 1996 12 7 19 4 0 4 2 1 3 26 1.8
Comp C 1996 66 63 129 14 10 24 7 1 8 161 11.3
Comp D 1997 19 5 24 0 0 0 3 2 5 29 2.0
Comp E 1997 25 4 29 2 1 3 3 0 3 35 4.5
Comp F 1997 31 19 50 3 2 5 3 0 3 58 4.0

Notes:

CB1—Perceived Protestant

CB2—Perceived Roman Catholic

CB3—Others/Undetermined