Mr. Gareth ThomasTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from the Indian community were recruited into each police force in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [103507]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthThe information is not available in the format requested. Figures collated by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary break down ethnicity by Asian/Asian British categorisation only and relate to officer strength rather than recruits.
The following table shows the number of these officers in each force at 31 March during the last five years.
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Number of Asian/Asian British police Forces 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 Humberside 6 3 6 3 4 Kent 14 5 17 18 18 Lancashire 22 19 21 27 32 Leicestershire 45 45 46 43 50 Lincolnshire 2 1 3 4 5 Merseyside 27 28 12 9 13 Metropolitan Police 166 193 167 215 384 Norfolk 3 1 1 2 1 Northamptonshire 8 10 7 7 7 Northumbria 4 4 11 11 15 North Wales 0 0 2 2 1 North Yorkshire 4 3 3 4 5 Nottinghamshire 22 22 23 25 24 South Wales 9 9 9 12 10 South Yorkshire 31 36 34 39 38 Staffordshire 8 9 8 7 8 Suffolk 6 6 5 5 2 Surrey 9 8 10 11 9 Sussex 4 3 4 4 2 Thames Valley 28 30 29 33 36 Warwickshire 19 18 15 20 21 West Mercia 9 8 9 10 7 West Midlands 123 131 142 176 170 West Yorkshire 64 66 66 75 89 Wiltshire 2 1 2 3 4