§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government: In each recruitment round for the Police Service of Northern Ireland since its creation, how many application forms have been requested; how many were received; what was the number in each merit pool; and what was the number of recruits from each round, broken down into Roman Catholics and non-Roman Catholics. [HL3501]
§ Baroness Amos:I am advised that the numbers requested are as follows:
Total number appointed on 50/50 basis Campaign Number of application forms requested Number Received Number in Merit Pool Roman Catholic Non-Roman Catholic 1 20,283 7,843 602 153 1152 2 9,607 4,910 458 98 98 3 8,929 4,674 419 83 83 24 8,579 4,410 857 199 197 25 9,752 6,047 1,087 125 140 26 6,660 5,420 880 11 17 27 4,596 5,420 34,800 1 Excluding one non-R.C., candidate who withdrew at the final moment.
2 Appointments are not yet complete for these campaigns. The number recorded reflects those appointed to date.
3 Including online applications.