HC Deb 02 July 2003 vol 408 c340W
Mrs. Iris Robinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) Roman Catholics, (b) Protestants and (c) people of other religions applied to join the police in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years. [113370]

Jane Kennedy

The information is set out in the table.

No recruiting was undertaken in 1999 and 2000.

Roman Catholic Protestant Religion not determined Total
1993 86 518 129 733
1994 651 3,462 403 4,516
1995 978 3,358 365 4,701
1996 697 3,275 407 4,379
1997 414 2,194 213 2,821
1998 1,057 3,857 502 5,416
1999
2000
2001 4,196 6,791 231 11,218
2002 2,699 4,945 134 7,778