§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of police officers in each authority are(a) black and (b) Asian, broken down by grade. [17207]
§ Mr. DenhamFrom information obtained from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, the tables show the number and percentage of black and Asian police officers by rank and force as at 31 March 2001.
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Black/Asian officer strength by rank (as at 31 March 2001) Number ACPO rank Superintendents Chief Inspectors Inspectors Sergeants Constables Police force Black Asian Black Asian Black Asian Black Asian Black Asian Black Asian Thames Valley — — — — — — — 1 5 4 32 28 Warwickshire — — — — — 1 — 1 — 4 2 14 West Mercia — — — — — — — — 1 3 6 7 West Midlands — — — — — — 4 3 22 18 123 155 West Yorkshire — — — 1 — — — 4 5 9 47 61 Wiltshire — — 1 — — — 1 — 1 — 3 3
Black/Asian officer strength by rank (as at 31 March 2001) Percentage ACPO rank Superintendents Chief Inspectors Inspectors Sergeants Constables Police force Black Asian Black Asian Black Asian Black Asian Black Asian Black Asian Avon and Somerset — — — — — — — — 0.7 0.2 0.7 0.3 Bedfordshire — — 7.7 — — — — — 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.4 Cambridgeshire — — — — — — — — 1.4 — 0.9 0.5 Cheshire — — — — — — — — — 0.3 0.1 0.1 City of London — — — — — — 2.1 — — 1.0 1.3 0.8 Cleveland — — — — — — — 1.3 — 0.5 0.1 1.0 Cumbria — — — — — — — 2.0 — 0.6 — 0.1 Derbyshire — — — — — 4.2 — 4.6 0.7 1.4 0.5 1.3 Devon and Cornwall — — — — — — — — — — 0.2 0.1 Dorset — — — — — — — — 0.5 — 0.1 — Durham — — — — — — — — — — 0.3 0.4 Dyfed-Powys — — — — — — — — — — 0.3 0.4 Essex — — — — 2.2 — 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.1 Gloucestershire — — — — — — — — — — 0.3 0.7 Greater Manchester — — — — — — — 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.9 Gwent — — — — — — — — 0.5 — 0.4 0.1 Hampshire — — — — — — — — 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.6 Hertfordshire — — — — 3.3 — — 1.9 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.7 Humberside — — — — — — — — 0.4 — 0.1 0.2 Kent — — — — — — — 0.7 0.4 — 0.3 0.6 Lancashire — — — — — — — — 0.2 0.8 0.4 0.9 Leicestershire — — 5.9 — 5.0 — 1.1 1.1 0.4 3.0 1.5 2.1 Lincolnshire — — — — — — — — 1.1 0.5 0.3 0.3 Merseyside — — — — — — — — 0.2 — 1.1 0.3 Metropolitan police — — 1.0 — 0.6 — 0.6 0.5 1.1 0.6 2.0 1.0 Norfolk — — — — — — — — — — 0.4 0.2 Northamptonshire — — — — 11.1 — — 1.9 0.6 1.2 1.7 0.4 Northumbria — — — — — — — — — 0.7 0.2 0.2 North Wales — — — — — — — — — 0.8 0.1 — North Yorkshire — — — — — 7.1 — — — 0.5 0.1 0.2 Nottinghamshire — — — 10.0 3.9 — 0.8 0.8 0.6 — 1.0 1.8 South Wales — — — 3.4 — — — 1.2 — 0.2 0.7 0.3 South Yorkshire — — — — — — 1.2 — 0.8 1.0 1.1 1.4 Staffordshire — — — — — — — — 0.9 0.3 0.9 0.4 Suffolk — — — — — — — — — — 0.9 0.6 Surrey — — — — — — — — 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 Sussex — — — — — 2.6 0.6 — 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.1 Thames Valley — — — — — — — 0.5 0.9 0.7 1.1 1.0 Warwickshire — — — — — 11.1 — 2.3 — 3.2 0.3 1.9 West Mercia — — — — — — — — 0.3 1.0 0.4 0.5 West Midlands — — — — — — 1.3 1.0 2.2 1.8 2.1 2.6 West Yorkshire — — — 1.8 — — — 1.7 0.8 1.4 1.2 1.6 Wiltshire — — 7.1 — — — 1.8 — 0.6 — 0.4 0.4