§ Mr. McNamaraTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of each category of(a) officers and (b) staff left the Police Service in each of the past three years, broken down by perceived community origin and sex. [101064]
Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage Percentage Year CB1 CB1 CB2 CB2 CB3 CB3 Male male Female female Total (a)Police officers 2000 414 91 27 6 14 3 395 87 60 13 455 2001 1,418 88 144 9 41 3 1,502 94 101 6 1,603 2002 832 88 81 8 37 4 863 91 87 9 950 (b)Civilian staff 2001 87 66 22 17 22 17 57 44 74 56 131 2002 109 72 28 19 13 9 61 41 89 59 150 CB1-Perceived Protestant CB2-Perceived Roman Catholic CB3-Not determined
§ Lady HermonTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) women and (b) members of the ethnic minorities have been recruited by the Police Service of Northern Ireland since the coming into operation of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000. [93668]
§ Mr. BrowneSince 4 November 2001, 196 women have been appointed to the Police Service, a figure which represents 32 per cent. of the total number of 613 recruits.
Only one member of an ethnic minority has been appointed since that time.
§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people claiming links to(a) the UUP, (b) the SDLP, (c) the DUP, (d) Sinn Fein, (e) the Alliance Party, (f) the Northern Ireland Women's Coalition, (g) the PUP, (h) the UKUP and (i) other political groupings or independent political candidates (i) applied to sit on a District Police Partnership (DPP), (ii) were judged appointable to a DPP and (iii) were appointed to a DPP. [103343]
§ Jane KennedyAll candidates for appointment as independent members of District Policing Partnerships were asked a political activity monitoring question, in line with the guide to public appointments. The information was not made available to the council or
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§ Jane KennedyThe number of police officers who have left the Police Service in the past three years, broken down into perceived community origin and gender, are shown in the following table. Data are also included in respect of civilian staff directly recruited into the police service but are only available for the past two years. Data for civilian staff do not include details of those staff currently or previously attached to the police service on secondment from the Northern Ireland Civil Service.
Policing Board panels. The Board panels considered anonymised lists of appointable candidates. The information requested is set out in the following table.
Party Applicants Appointable candidates Appointments UUP 113 64 4 SDLP 44 30 15 DUP 38 18 3 Sinn Fein 1 0 0 Alliance 24 17 7 NIWC 14 10 6 PUP 16 10 1 UKUP 7 5 0 Other: British Labour 1 1 1 Other: Conservative 4 0 0 Other: Democratic Left 1 1 1 Other: Independent 19 15 2 Other: Independent Unionist 3 2 0 Other: Labour Coalition 1 1 1 Other: Labour NI 3 1 0 Other: New Labour 1 0 0 Other: National Labour 1 0 0 Other: Unionist, not specified 2 0 0 Other: OUP 2 1 0 Other: Socialist Party 1 0 0 Other: UDP 4 2 2 Other: Ulster Independent Voice 1 0 0 Other: Ulster Unionist Assembly Party 1 1 1 Other: Ulster Unionist Council 2 2 0 Other: Workers Party 4 3 2 Other: Yes Campaign 1 1 0 Other: Ratepayers Association 2 2 2