§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will publish Dr. Simon Holdaway's Home Office-funded report on why ethnic minority police officers were resigning prematurely; [39169]
(2) if he will implement the conclusions of the Home Office-funded report on the racialisation of the British police. [39171]
§ Mr. Michael[holding answer 20 April 1998]: The report by Dr. Simon Holdaway and Dr. Anne-Marie Barron was published independently last year by Macmillan Press Limited under the title "Resigners? The experience of Black and Asian Officers".
The decision that the report would not be published by the Home Office was taken in 1993. Its findings will be borne in mind. We are well aware of the need to ensure the retention of police officers from ethnic minorities and considerable work is being undertaken in the Home Office to understand the issues involved and to develop guidance for the police service in England and Wales.
The recent thematic report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary is particularly helpful and chief police officers have been asked to consider how best to respond to its findings as a matter of urgency.