§ Mr. BercowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of police officers in England and Wales are(a) black, (b) Asian and (c) Jewish; [134526]
(2) what proportion of police officers in each force area are members of an ethnic minority. [134390]
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§ Mr. Charles ClarkeThe available details on the proportion of officers in the police service in England and Wales in 1999–2000 belonging to particular ethnic groups are as follows:
- Black—0.8 per cent.
- Asian—0.7 per cent.
- Other ethnic groups—0.7 per cent.
The overall proportion of police officers belonging to an ethnic minority in each of the 43 police forces in England and Wales on 31 March 2000 is given in the table.
Police force area Percentage ethnic minority officers on 31 March 2000 Avon and Somerset 1.1 Bedfordshire 3.6 Cambridgeshire 2.6 Cheshire 0.4 City of London 2.3 Cleveland 1.2 Cumbria 0.3 Derbyshire 2.3 Devon and Cornwall 0.3 Dorset 0.5 Durham 0.8 Dyfed Powys 0.4 Essex 1.2 Gloucestershire 1.3 Greater Manchester 2.5 Gwent 1.3 Hampshire 0.8 Hertfordshire 1.4 Humberside 0.7 Kent 1.2 Lancashire 1.3 Leicestershire 4.4 Lincolnshire 1.1 Merseyside 1.8 Metropolitan Police 4.0 Norfolk 0.9 Northamptonshire 3.0 Northumbria 0.8 North Wales 0.4 North Yorkshire 0.4 Nottinghamshire 2.9 South Wales 1.2 South Yorkshire 2.3 Staffordshire 1.5 Suffolk 1.3 Surrey 1.4 Sussex 0.9 Thames Valley 2.2 Warwickshire 2.2 West Mercia 1.3 West Midlands 4.6 West Yorkshire 2.6 Wiltshire 0.9 England and Wales 2.2