§ Miss WiddecombeTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many expressions of interest have been received as a result of the national police recruitment campaign in each month of the campaign to date; and how many have resulted in recruits joining the police(a) in England and Wales as a whole and (b) in each police force in England and Wales. [150044]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeTo 4 February, there had been over 100,000 inquiries through the website and call centre. These have resulted in over 22,000 formal Expressions of Interest (EOIs). The breakdown by month is as follows:
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Number End of August/September 7,317 October 5,616 November 1,503 December 727 January 7,051 February (to 4 February 2001) 349 — Total 22,563 The table shows the breakdown of EOIs and the forces to which they have been passed.
Responsibility for processing EOIs rests with forces. Forces are being asked to report on the outcome of the EOIs with a view to assessing the effectiveness of the campaign.
Expressions of interest to 4 February 2001 Force Number Avon and Somerset Constabulary 680 Bedfordshire Police 128 Cambridgeshire Constabulary 274 Cheshire Constabulary 685 City of London 239 Cleveland Constabulary 423 Cumbria Constabulary 415 Derbyshire Constabulary 578 Devon and Cornwall Constabulary 555 Dorset Police 278 Durham Police 504 Dyfed-Powys Police 317 Essex Police 378 Gloucestershire Constabulary 157 Greater Manchester Police 1,390 Gwent Constabulary 227 Hampshire Constabulary 333 Hertfordshire Constabulary 192 Humberside Police 471 Kent Constabulary 328 Lancashire Constabulary 1,044 Leicestershire Constabulary 272 Lincolnshire Police 283 Merseyside Police 1,124 Metropolitan Police 1,946 Norfolk Constabulary 316 Northamptonshire Police 186 Northumbria Police 683 North Wales Police 278 North Yorkshire Police 623 Nottinghamshire Constabulary 859 South Wales Constabulary 963 South Yorkshire Police 819 Staffordshire Police 676 Suffolk Constabulary 188 Surrey Police 174 Sussex Police 324 Thames Valley Police 385 Warwickshire Constabulary 182 West Mercia Constabulary 418 West Midlands Police 930 West Yorkshire Police 1,191 Wiltshire Police 147 — Total 22,563