FOI 389022
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 389022
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 11th February 2025. Please find below the response to your request:
- How many minority officers and staff, categorised by race & ethnicity, were promoted each month from January 2022 to January 2023
- How many minority officers and staff, categorized by race and ethnicity, joined the police service each month from January 2022 to January 2023?
- How many changes to recruitment or promotion policies were made annually since January 2022? What months? Please specify how many were directly linked to recommendations from diversity reviews or external pressures.
Reply
West Mercia Police hold some of the information requested.
- How many minority officers and staff, categorised by race & ethnicity, were promoted each month from January 2022 to January 2023
Officers – 3 promoted in 2022
1 Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Black Caribbean
1 Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - Any other
1 Asian / Asian British - Asian – Indian
Staff – No information held. Staff promotions are not recorded.
- How many minority officers and staff, categorized by race and ethnicity, joined the police service each month from January 2022 to January 2023?
|
Date Start |
Ethnic Origin |
Police Officer |
Police Staff |
Special |
Grand Total |
|
Jan 2022 |
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Asian |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Prefer Not to Say |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
24 |
|
24 |
|
Jan 2022 Total |
1 |
26 |
|
27 |
|
|
Feb 2022 |
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Black Caribbean |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
25 |
|
25 |
|
Feb 2022 Total |
|
26 |
|
26 |
|
|
Mar 2022 |
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Indian |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Pakistani |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Asian |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Black Caribbean |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Prefer Not to Say |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
27 |
|
27 |
|
Mar 2022 Total |
3 |
31 |
|
34 |
|
|
Apr 2022 |
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Indian |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Unknown |
2 |
9 |
|
11 |
|
Apr 2022 Total |
2 |
10 |
|
12 |
|
|
May 2022 |
Black / African / Caribbean / Black British - Black - African |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
21 |
|
21 |
|
May 2022 Total |
|
22 |
|
22 |
|
|
Jun 2022 |
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Any other |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Pakistani |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Prefer Not to Say |
|
3 |
|
3 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
15 |
|
15 |
|
Jun 2022 Total |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
|
Jul 2022 |
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Pakistani |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
Black / African / Caribbean / Black British - Black - Caribbean |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - Any other |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Other - Any Other Ethnic Group |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Other Arab |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
18 |
|
18 |
|
Jul 2022 Total |
|
2 |
22 |
|
24 |
|
Aug 2022 |
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Bangladeshi |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Indian |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Pakistani |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Chinese |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Unknown |
1 |
20 |
|
21 |
|
Aug 2022 Total |
1 |
24 |
|
25 |
|
|
Sep 2022 |
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Any other |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Indian |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Black / African / Caribbean / Black British - Black - African |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Asian |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Black African |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Black Caribbean |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Prefer Not to Say |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
20 |
|
20 |
|
Sep 2022 Total |
6 |
23 |
|
29 |
|
|
Oct 2022 |
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Indian |
|
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Pakistani |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Chinese |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Black / African / Caribbean / Black British - Black - Caribbean |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Black Caribbean |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
36 |
1 |
37 |
|
Oct 2022 Total |
2 |
41 |
1 |
44 |
|
|
Nov 2022 |
Unknown |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
Nov 2022 Total |
|
17 |
|
17 |
|
|
Dec 2022 |
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Bangladeshi |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - Any other |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Asian |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
Prefer Not to Say |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
8 |
|
8 |
|
Dec 2022 Total |
4 |
9 |
|
13 |
|
|
Jan 2023 |
Asian / Asian British - Asian - Any other |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Mixed / Multiple ethnic groups - Mixed - White and Asian |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
Unknown |
|
23 |
|
23 |
|
Jan 2023 Total |
1 |
24 |
|
25 |
|
|
Grand Total |
|
22 |
295 |
1 |
318 |
- How many changes to recruitment or promotion policies were made annually since January 2022? What months? Please specify how many were directly linked to recommendations from diversity reviews or external pressures.
No specific recorded information held; no updates have been made.