HC Deb 20 October 1999 vol 336 cc593-4W
13. Mr. Tony Clarke

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of officers in the RUC are(a) Catholics and (b) women; and if he will make a statement. [92984]

Mr. Ingram

On 1 July 1999 of the total number of people within the Royal Ulster Constabulary 8.35 per cent. were Catholics and 11.4 per cent. women.

19. Mr. Browne

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the Patten commission's report on policing in Northern Ireland. [92990]

Mr. Ingram

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave earlier to my hon. Friend the Member for Hendon (Mr. Dismore), 20 October 1999,Official Report, column 431.