§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) blacks, (b) Asians, (c) men and (d) women are currently serving in (i) the Metropolitan police, (ii) other police forces, (iii) the prison service and (iv) the probation service.
§ Mr. Douglas HoggThe available information is as follows: 111W
Police Officers1 Men Women Metropolitan Police (as at 5 February 1989) 414 24,788 3,220 Other police forces (as at 30 November 1988) 769 87,000 9,929 1 From ethnic minorities. Person Services
Of some 11,500 members of the service (including staff in headquarters and regional offices) who responded to a survey in 1986, 111 stated that they were of ethnic minority origin. The results of a more recent survey of those who did not respond are currently being analysed. Information on the number of women and men in the service is not immediately available.
Probabtion Service
Information on the ethnic composition of the probation service derives from a survey as at 31 December 1987. Of all employees 330 were recorded as Afro-Caribbean or Other Black and 86 as Asian. Because of the extent of non-recording these figures are minima.
As at 30 September there were 3,811 men and 2,972 women (whole-time and part-time) in the probation officer grades.