HC Deb 15 May 1987 vol 116 cc466-8W
Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers from ethnic minority backgrounds are employed by each police authority; and what percentage these represent of all officers employed by each police authority.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The information requested is as follows:

Police Force Number of ethnic officers on 31 March 1987 Percentage of actual strength
Avon and Somerset 13 0.43
Bedfordshire 22 2.31
Cambridgeshire 15 1.31
Cheshire
Cleveland 4 0.27
Cumbria 2 0.18
Derbyshire 17 0.96
Devon and Cornwall 2 0.07
Dorset 2 0.17
Durham
Dyfed Powys
Essex 15 0.55
Gloucestershire 5 0.43

Police Force Number of ethnic officers on 31 March 1987 Percentage of actual strength
Greater Manchester 68 1.00
Gwent 1 0.10
Hampshire 8 0.26
Hertfordshire 15 0.95
Humberside 3 0.15
Kent 11 0.38
Lancashire 5 0.16
Leicestershire 30 1.75
Lincolnshire
Merseyside 26 0.57
Norfolk
Northamptonshire 13 1.24
Northumbria 9 0.26
North Wales 1 0.08
North Yorkshire 2 0.15
Nottinghamshire 30 1.35
South Wales 10 0.32
South Yorkshire 19 0.66
Staffordshire 11 0.52
Suffolk 2 0.17
Surrey 4 0.25
Sussex 5 0.18
Thames Valley 36 1.05
Warwickshire 6 0.62
West Mercia 10 0.52
West Midlands 123 1.85
West Yorkshire 50 0.97
Wiltshire 7 0.67
City of London 1 0.13
Metropolitan 350 1.30
TOTAL 953 0.79

Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women police officers are employed by each policeauthority; and what percentage these represent of all officers employed by each police authority.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

The information requested is as follows:

Police Force Number of women police officers on 31 March 1987 Percentage of actual strength
Avon and Somerset 212 7.0
Bedfordshire 112 11.4
Cambridgeshire 111 9.7
Cheshire 222 12.1
Cleveland 151 10.3
Cumbria 89 8.0
Derbyshire 179 10.1
Devon and Cornwall 278 10.0
Dorset 114 9.5
Durham 83 6.4
Dyfed Powys 82 8.8
Essex 236 8.7
Gloucestershire 103 8.9
Greater Manchester 812 12.0
Gwent 71 7.3
Hampshire 254 8.2
Hertfordshire 177 11.2
Humberside 154 7.8
Kent 301 10.5
Lancashire 263 8.4
Leicestershire 178 10.4
Lincolnshire 93 7.9
Merseyside 531 11.5
Norfolk 99 7.5
Northamptonshire 99 9.5
Northumbria 260 7.6
North Wales 112 8.7

Police Force Number of women police officers on 31 March 1987 Percentage of actual strength
North Yorkshire 105 7.8
Nottinghamshire 158 7.1
South Wales 203 6.5
South Yorkshire 279 9.7
Staffordshire 239 11.3
Suffolk 108 9.3
Surrey 181 11.2
Sussex 261 9.2
Thames Valley 351 10.3
Warwickshire 87 9.0
West Mercia 224 11.6
West Midlands 909 13.7
West Yorkshire 484 9.4
Wiltshire 89 8.5
City of London 86 11.2
Metropolitan 2,655 9.9
Total 11,795 9.8