Ethnic Minority Employees (Hansard, 11 June 1996)

HC Deb 11 June 1996 vol 279 c65W 65W

§ Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of those serving in(a) the police forces and (b) the Prison Service, are from ethnic minority groups. [32188]

§ Mr. Maclean
The latest figures available show that the percentage of members from ethnic minority groups serving in police forces in England and Wales was 1.75 per cent. as at September 1995, and 2.96 per cent. in the Prison Service as at December 1995.