Police Community Support Officers: Ethnic Groups
(asked on 10th June 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of police community support officers in England and Wales were BME in each year from 2005 to 2015.
The Home Office publishes data on the total number of full time equivalent police community support officers, and the number of full time equivalent police community support officers who are Black and Minority Ethnic (BME), in the annual ‘Police workforce in England and Wales’ statistical bulletin.
Number of full time equivalent police community support officers in England and Wales 1,2,3,4 | |||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at 31 March... | Number of BME PCSOs (FTE) | Total number of PCSOs (FTE) | Proportion BME2 |
|
|
2005 | 879 | 6,148 | 14% |
|
|
2006 | 1,029 | 6,768 | 15% |
|
|
2007 | 1,577 | 13,529 | 12% |
|
|
2008 | 1,813 | 15,807 | 11% |
|
|
2009 | 1,893 | 16,507 | 11% |
|
|
2010 | 1,870 | 16,918 | 11% |
|
|
2011 | 1,686 | 15,820 | 11% |
|
|
2012 | 1,443 | 14,393 | 10% |
|
|
2013 | 1,350 | 14,205 | 10% |
|
|
2014 | 1,193 | 13,066 | 9% |
|
|
2015 | 1,126 | 12,331 | 9% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. This table contains full-time equivalent figures that have been presented to the nearest whole number. | |||||
2. The proportion of PCSOs who are BME is calculated by dividing the number of BME PCSOs by the total number of PCSOs. The total number of PCSOs includes cases where the ethnicity was "not stated". | |||||
3. Figures have been confirmed by all police forces after collection and before publication each year. | |||||
4. Some totals here may not equate to the published figure if a police force has revised their figures since the publication. | |||||
The table contains data on the proportion of police community support officers who were BME from 31 March 2005 to 31 March 2015.
Data for 31 March 2015 (the latest period for which figures are available) can also be found in the tables of the July 2015 police workforce statistics publication:
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/495631/police-workforce-tabs-mar15-revised-jan16.ods