§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will indicate for each month since 1 January 1999(a) the number of RUC officers in post at each rank, (b) the number who retired at each rank in each month and (c) his projection of (a) and (b) until the end of June. [157885]
§ Mr. IngramThe tables show(a) the number of RUC officers in post at each rank for each month since 1 January 1999 and projected figures until the end of June 2001 and (b) the number of RUC officers who retired at each rank in each month since 1 January 1999 and projected figures until the end of June 2001.
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Table B: Number of leavers in each rank by month Year/date Acc Ch Supt Supt Ch Insp Insp Sergt Con S/T Aux/Con R Con FT R Con PT Grand total 1999 January — — — 1 — 5 9 1 52 6 74 February — — — — 1 2 7 — 10 4 24 March — 1 1 — 2 3 17 — 12 10 46 April — — 1 — 1 5 12 — 4 4 27 May — — 1 — 1 4 9 — 11 4 30 June — — 1 — 1 2 16 1 26 5 52 July — — — — — 2 9 — 10 3 24 August — 1 — 1 — 4 13 — 38 7 64 September — — — — — 5 10 — 12 6 33 October — — — — — 1 9 — 9 8 27 November — — 1 1 — 3 10 — 27 4 46 December — — — — — 5 12 — 9 6 32 2000 January — 1 — — — 3 12 — 11 6 33 February — — — — — 3 7 — 9 5 24 March — — — — — 3 18 — 15 10 46 April — — — — — 3 14 1 20 9 47 May — — — 2 1 6 14 1 12 1 37 June — — — — 3 4 11 1 12 5 36 July — 1 — 1 — — 18 — 20 7 47 August — — 1 — — 2 15 — 15 7 40 September — — — — 2 3 11 — 15 2 33 October — — — — — — 9 — 12 7 28 November 1 — 1 — 2 2 17 — 13 7 43 December — — — — 1 2 10 — 15 12 40 2001 January — 7 16 9 35 58 105 — 22 9 261 February — 5 7 8 19 28 56 1 16 4 144 March 2 6 4 3 10 19 56 2 20 5 127 April 1 5 12 11 22 72 178 — 35 2 338 May — 1 4 5 15 27 65 — 27 — 144 June — 1 1 1 3 13 33 — 7 — 59 Note:
Leavers include all cessation reasons eg medical retirement, voluntary early retirement, resigned etc., however the figures for April, May and June 2001 are projections based on known severance figures and do not take account of normal and medical wastage not yet notified.
§ Mr. William RossTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report to show how many (a) inquiries were made about joining the RUC and (b) applications were received for each intake to the RUC broken down by gender; and what was the (i) gender and (ii) religious breakdown of each intake in each of the last five years. [156585]
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Applications/acceptances to RUC from 1996–98 by gender and community background—Regulars CB1 CB2 CB3 Year M F T M F T M F T Total Applications Comp E 1996 983 588 1,571 236 133 369 129 26 155 2,095 Comp F 1996 1,312 742 2,054 261 145 406 242 27 269 2,729 Comp G 1997 1,368 804 2,172 253 159 412 188 25 213 2,797 Comp H 1998 1,332 802 2,134 270 161 431 228 32 260 2,825 Comp 1 1998 1,414 898 2,312 470 280 750 246 51 297 3,359 Acceptances Comp E 1996 103 22 125 10 3 13 5 0 5 143 Comp F 1996 75 19 94 13 1 14 14 0 14 122 Comp G 1997 79 17 96 13 2 15 9 0 9 120 Comp H 1998 80 45 125 9 3 12 7 0 7 144 Comp I 1998 72 38 110 9 9 18 4 1 5 133
§ Mr. IngramThe tables show the breakdown of applications for recruitment to the Royal Ulster Constabulary from 1996 to the last recruitment campaign in December 1998 and the corresponding number of successful applicants. The total number of inquiries received for each campaign are not available.
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Full-time reserves CB1 CB2 CB3 Year M F T M F T M F T Total Applications Comp C 1996 654 421 1,075 154 101 255 90 11 101 1,431 Comp D 1997 753 402 1,155 109 75 184 113 22 135 1,474 Comp E 1997 376 236 612 60 46 106 43 12 55 773 Comp F 1997 709 423 1,132 119 78 197 104 24 128 1,457 Acceptances Comp C 1996 66 63 129 14 10 24 7 1 8 161 Comp D 1997 19 5 24 0 0 0 3 2 5 29 Comp E 1997 25 4 29 2 1 3 3 0 3 35 Comp F 1997 31 19 50 3 2 5 3 0 3 58 Notes:
CB1—Perceived Protestant
CB2—Perceived Roman Catholic
CB3—Others