HC Deb 31 October 2000 vol 355 cc440-1W
Dr. Julian Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what change there has been in the level of ethnic minority recruitment to the Metropolitan Police since the publication of the Macpherson report. [135000]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The figures show the number and percentage of minority ethnic recruits for the three years 1997–98, 1998–99 and the first six months of 2000–01.

Year Number of minority ethnic officers recruited Minority ethnic recruits as a percentage of all recruits
1997–98 62 5.2
1998–99 92 5.6
1999–2000 71 7.1
20001 27 5.2
1March to September

Mr. Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers in Essex(a) have sought application forms to join the Metropolitan police force in the past six months and (b) subsequently made a formal application; and how many Metropolitan

police officers have (i) sought application forms to join the Essex police force and (ii) subsequently made a formal application, in the same period. 1135093]

Mr. Charles Clarke

Information is not collected centrally in the form requested.

I am advised by the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) that, between 1 April 2000 and 17 October 2000, it received 98 inquiries from officers of Essex police. The MPS does not have a central record of the number of formal applications by officers of Essex police. Since 1 July, three officers from Essex police have joined the MPS.

I am advised by Essex police that 21 officers from the MPS have applied to join the force since 1 January 2000. Three of those officers have subsequently withdrawn their applications. No information is currently available centrally about the outcome of the other applications.