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Police: Training

Volume 485: debated on Thursday 11 December 2008

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Philip Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people accepted on the Higher Potential Scheme in each of the last five years were (a) women, (b) black and minority ethnic and (c) disabled. (240345)

Mr. Coaker

The Police High Potential Development Scheme (HPDS) was introduced in 2002. It was revised and relaunched in 2008.

Disability data were not recorded until 2006/07. The following table provides data on the number and proportion of people accepted onto the HPDS in each of the last five years. Information on the first year of the HPDS is also provided.

Breakdown of successful HPDS candidates by sex, ethnicity and disability

Total

Male

Female

NR1

BME2

White

NR1

Disability

NR1

Original HPDS

2002-03

Number

57

48

9

0

0

56

1

—

—

Percentage

—

84.2

15.8

—

—

98.2

1.8

—

—

2003-04

Number

58

44

14

0

3

55

0

—

—

Percentage

—

75.9

24.1

—

5.2

94.8

—

—

—

2004-05

Number

30

16

14

0

2

28

0

—

—

Percentage

—

53.3

46.6

—

6.6

93.3

—

—

—

2005-06

Number

30

15

15

0

2

28

0

—

—

Percentage

—

50.0

50.0

—

6.6

93.3

—

—

—

2006-07

Number

44

27

17

0

1

33

10

1

0

Percentage

—

61.4

38.6

—

2.3

75.0

22.7

2.3

—

Revised HPDS

2007-08

Number

84

57

22

5

5

74

5

3

6

Percentage

—

67.9

26.2

6.0

6.0

88.1

6.0

3.6

7.1

1 NR = data not recorded or listed as “prefer not to say”.

2 BME = Black, Minority, or Ethnic minority background.