§ Lord Greavesasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many officers in the Lancashire Constabulary are from families of Asian (Indian sub-continent) origin; what proportion this is of the force; how many of them are deployed respectively in the Eastern and Pennine divisions; and what progress is being made to secure an ethnic balance in the force in line with the local population. [HL174]
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Lord Rooker)The Chief Constable has provided the following information. There are currently 29 officers from Indian, Pakistani or Bangladeshi families serving with Lancashire Constabulary, which represents 0.9 per cent of the force's strength. The numbers of these officers deployed in the Eastern and Pennine divisions are nine and 10 respectively. The force's minority ethnic officers rose from 42 to 52 during the 12 months up to 31 March 2001: at this rate of increase the force is on plan to meet its 2009 target of reflecting in its workforce the minority ethnic populations which it serves.