§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which applicants to join the police service are classified as recruits. [45873]
§ Mr. Denham[holding answer 25 March 2002]:Applicants to the police service are classified as recruits when they take up appointment with a police force.
343WFor the purposes of the Home Office statistical bulletins on Police Service Strength, "recruits" covers officers joining the police service, including those transferring from forces outside England and Wales, but not those transferring from other forces within England and Wales.