§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what force-wide strategy the Metropolitan police have for community and race relations training; what progress has been made in implementing this strategy especially at local level; to what extent and in what ways contributors from local minority ethnic communities are involved in such training; and what use is currently made by the Metropolitan police of the services of his Department's funded specialist support unit. [30723]
§ Mr. MacleanI understand from the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis that, to date, 73 police trainers and 13 training managers have attended the six-week course on these subjects at the Home Office specialist support unit and that a further nine officers have attended the condensed version of the course, enabling them to assist the trainers. Focused training sessions are held at the recruit school in Hendon, involving ethnic community representatives. In addition to this, local training is often organised at divisional or area level, involving members of local minority ethnic communities.