HC Deb 15 December 1981 vol 15 c66W
Mr. Michael Brown

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications to join the Metropolitan Police force were received in each of the last 12 months from members of ethnic minorities; and what proportion of these was accepted.

Mr. Whitelaw

It is not possible at the application stage to distinguish applicants from the ethnic minorities. The numbers recruited by the Metropolitan Police (luring each of the last 12 months were as follows:

December 1980 1
January 1981 4
February 2
March 3
April 2
May 1
June 5
July 2
August 3
September 10
October 3
November 6