§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo 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 KennedyThe 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