Supplementary memorandum submitted by
the Northern Ireland Policing Board
The Committee Chairman asked for confirmation
on a provisional statement I made relating to the number of Independent
DPP Members who are from minority ethnic groups.
At the Session on 3 November I stated that a
high proportion of the applicants from non-white ethnic groups
who applied to be Independent Members of DPPs were successful.
I stated that I thought this to be eight out of nine. The actual
figures were five applicants three of whom were appointed. There
is also a Portuguese applicant who is virtually certain of being
appointed to Dungannon DPP which is the only outstanding DPP.
This 60% success ratio, is still I believe, a strong indicator
of the Board's desire to accept representation from ethnic minority
groups who wish to engage in policing in NI.
The three successful applicants were appointed
to Antrim, Coleraine and Omagh DPPs. The appointment of the Portuguese
Independent Member in Dungannon would bring this to four.
Two of the three applicants stated that they
were of "Persian" origin and the third stated that they
were of Indian extraction.
I am happy to provide this formal clarification.
12 November 2004
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