§ Lord Hyltonasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many applications to join the Royal Ulster Constabulary were received in each of the last five years from people of Roman Catholic faith or
Applications Acceptances Year Total CB2 Percentage CB2 Accepted CB2 Percentage accepted Royal Ulster Constabulary 1990 1,113 116 10.42 131 15 11.45 1991 1,704 191 11.21 384 34 8.85 1992 2,317 231 9.97 326 26 7.98 1993 733 86 11.73 65 3 4.62 1994 5,999 954 15.90 187 26 13.90 1995 4,458 906 20.32 223 35 15.70 1996 2,092 365 17.45 Figures not yet available Full-Time Reserve 1990 744 67 9.01 92 10 10.87 1991 1,200 115 9.58 285 22 7.72 1992 1,889 175 9.26 281 23 8.19 1993 1,274 111 8.71 114 8 7.02 1994 No recruitment undertaken 1995 1,454 282 19.39 26 4 15.38 1996 2,092 365 17.45 Figures not yet available Part-Time Reserve 1990 540 34 6.30 115 63 54.78 1991 413 23 5.57 86 43 50.00 1992 598 30 5.02 119 58 48.74 1993 958 90 9.39 138 79 57.25 1994 2,265 281 12.41 220 25 11.36 1995 No recruitment undertaken 1996 No recruitment undertaken Note
CB2 is an abbreviation for "Community Background 2" the category relating to the perceived minority community. (CB 1 is the perceived majority community and CB3 refers to others).
Prior to 1st January 1994 the figures for acceptances are the result of a rolling recruitment programme.
100WAin non-industrial grades in the specified departments and in the Civil Service as a whole on 1st April 1996, on a headcount basis, are set out in the following table:
background; and how many such people joined the police service after training during those years.
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office (Baroness Denton of Wakefield)The requested information is set out below. The 1996 applications are still being processed and acceptance figures are therefore not available.
The tables show the number and percentage of persons perceived (from information provided on the application form) to be from the Roman Catholic community.