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Police Officers (Ethnic Minorities)

Mr. Vaz: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of police officers in each authority are (a) black and (b) Asian, broken down by grade. [17207]

Mr. Denham: From information obtained from Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, the tables show the number and percentage of black and Asian police officers by rank and force as at 31 March 2001.

Black/Asian officer strength by rank (as at 31 March 2001)Number

	ACPO rank		Superintendents		Chief Inspectors		Inspectors		Sergeants		Constables
Police force	Black	Asian	Black	Asian	Black	Asian	Black	Asian	Black	Asian	Black	Asian
Avon and Somerset	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	16	6
Bedfordshire	—	—	1	—	—	—	—	—	3	3	17	11
Cambridgeshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	—	9	5
Cheshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	1
City of London	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	7	4
Cleveland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	1	11
Cumbria	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	1
Derbyshire	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	4	2	4	7	18
Devon and Cornwall	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2
Dorset	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—
Durham	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	5
Dyfed-Powys	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	3
Essex	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	1	2	1	8	3
Gloucestershire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6
Greater Manchester	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	7	7	56	51
Gwent	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	4	1
Hampshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	11	16
Hertfordshire	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	2	2	1	5	10
Humberside	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	2	3
Kent	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	—	8	17
Lancashire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	4	10	23
Leicestershire	—	—	1	—	1	—	1	1	1	8	24	34
Lincolnshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	3
Merseyside	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	35	9
Metropolitan police	—	—	2	—	2	—	7	6	46	23	382	186
Norfolk	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	2
Northamptonshire	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	1	1	2	16	4
Northumbria	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	7	7
North Wales	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	—
North Yorkshire	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	1	2
Nottinghamshire	—	—	—	2	1	—	1	1	2	—	18	32
South Wales	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	2	—	1	16	8
South Yorkshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	—	4	5	26	34
Staffordshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	1	15	6
Suffolk	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	8	5
Surrey	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	11	9
Sussex	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	—	—	1	7	2
Thames Valley	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	5	4	32	28
Warwickshire	—	—	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	4	2	14
West Mercia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	3	6	7
West Midlands	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	3	22	18	123	155
West Yorkshire	—	—	—	1	—	—	—	4	5	9	47	61
Wiltshire	—	—	1	—	—	—	1	—	1	—	3	3

27 Nov 2001 : Column: 819W

Black/Asian officer percentage by rank (as at 31 March 2001)Percentage

	ACPO rank		Superintendents		Chief Inspectors		Inspectors		Sergeants		Constables
Police force	Black	Asian	Black	Asian	Black	Asian	Black	Asian	Black	Asian	Black	Asian
Avon and Somerset	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7	0.2	0.7	0.3
Bedfordshire	—	—	7.7	—	—	—	—	—	2.1	2.1	2.1	1.4
Cambridgeshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.4	—	0.9	0.5
Cheshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3	0.1	0.1
City of London	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.1	—	—	1.0	1.3	0.8
Cleveland	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3	—	0.5	0.1	1.0
Cumbria	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2.0	—	0.6	—	0.1
Derbyshire	—	—	—	—	—	4.2	—	4.6	0.7	1.4	0.5	1.3
Devon and Cornwall	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	0.1
Dorset	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	—	0.1	—
Durham	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3	0.4
Dyfed-Powys	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3	0.4
Essex	—	—	—	—	2.2	—	0.7	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.4	0.1
Gloucestershire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3	0.7
Greater Manchester	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.5	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.9
Gwent	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	—	0.4	0.1
Hampshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	0.4	0.4	0.6
Hertfordshire	—	—	—	—	3.3	—	—	1.9	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.7
Humberside	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4	—	0.1	0.2
Kent	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7	0.4	—	0.3	0.6
Lancashire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	0.8	0.4	0.9
Leicestershire	—	—	5.9	—	5.0	—	1.1	1.1	0.4	3.0	1.5	2.1
Lincolnshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.1	0.5	0.3	0.3
Merseyside	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.2	—	1.1	0.3
Metropolitan police	—	—	1.0	—	0.6	—	0.6	0.5	1.1	0.6	2.0	1.0
Norfolk	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.4	0.2
Northamptonshire	—	—	—	—	11.1	—	—	1.9	0.6	1.2	1.7	0.4
Northumbria	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.7	0.2	0.2
North Wales	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.8	0.1	—
North Yorkshire	—	—	—	—	—	7.1	—	—	—	0.5	0.1	0.2
Nottinghamshire	—	—	—	10.0	3.9	—	0.8	0.8	0.6	—	1.0	1.8
South Wales	—	—	—	3.4	—	—	—	1.2	—	0.2	0.7	0.3
South Yorkshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.2	—	0.8	1.0	1.1	1.4
Staffordshire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9	0.3	0.9	0.4
Suffolk	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.9	0.6
Surrey	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6
Sussex	—	—	—	—	—	2.6	0.6	—	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.1
Thames Valley	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.5	0.9	0.7	1.1	1.0
Warwickshire	—	—	—	—	—	11.1	—	2.3	—	3.2	0.3	1.9
West Mercia	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.3	1.0	0.4	0.5
West Midlands	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.3	1.0	2.2	1.8	2.1	2.6
West Yorkshire	—	—	—	1.8	—	—	—	1.7	0.8	1.4	1.2	1.6
Wiltshire	—	—	7.1	—	—	—	1.8	—	0.6	—	0.4	0.4

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