§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many black and Asian Metropolitan Police officers have(a) applied to and (b) been accepted into the CID in each of the past four years. [84652]
§ Kate HoeyThe Metropolitan Police Commissioner tells me that information is not available in the form requested. Information about the total numbers of ethnic minority officers in the Metropolitan Police Criminal Investigation Department is as follows:
Year to end March 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Detective Superintendent — — 1 — 1 Chief Inspector 1 1 1 2 2 Inspector 1 1 2 1 3 Sergeant 9 10 12 12 13 Constable 49 54 60 77 78 Total 60 66 76 92 97