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Police: Ethnic Groups

Volume 472: debated on Thursday 6 March 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the participants at the review of policing event on 31 July 2007 were (a) Afro-Caribbean, (b) Muslim, (c) Sikh and (d) Jewish. (190824)

The event, held on 31 July 2007, sought the views of an invited audience on a number of key issues relating to Sir Ronnie Flanagan’s Review of Policing, but specifically with regards to equality and diversity issues. The groups and organisations represented at the event included:

1990 Trust—Promotes the interests of Britain’s black communities

Action Aid—Global anti-poverty agency

a: gender—Transgender group

British Association of Women in Policing

Calderdale Race Equality Council

Carisma—Black and Minority Ethnic group

Commission for Racial Equality

Committee for Protection of Turkish Rights

Galop—Transgender group

Gay Police Association

GIRES—Transgender group

Henna Foundation—Asian Women’s Group

Latin Front

Metropolitan Police Service Independent Advisory Group

National Association of Muslim Police

National Black Police Association

National Travellers Action Group

Peace Alliance

Police Superintendents Association

Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust

Stonewall

and a number of independent community members representing the black and minority ethnic community.

Individual participants were not monitored by religion or ethnicity on the day.