§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received on(a) police manpower, (b) ethnic minority recruitment to the police and (c) recruitment of women to the police, in North Yorkshire. [84551]
§ Mr. BoatengWe have not received any representations about police manpower or about the recruitment of ethnic minority or women police officers in North Yorkshire Police. We have received representations about North Yorkshire's funding settlement for 1999–2000 from the Treasurer of the North Yorkshire Police Authority, from the hon. Member for the Vale of York and the hon. Member for Harrogate (Mr. Willis), which we have answered, but these made no specific reference to police numbers.