§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there are in Portsmouth, South; how many are from ethnic minorities; and if he will make a statement. [24943]
§ Mr. DenhamThe deployment of officers within the Hampshire Constabulary is an operational a matter for the chief constable.
I am told by the chief constable that the Portsmouth division had 399 police officers on 31 December 2001, of whom eight (2 per cent.) were from minority ethnic communities.
It is not possible to provide figures for the Portsmouth, South constituency as it is an integral part of the Portsmouth division and officers will be deployed around the division in response to need.