Vetting and ethnic background 546/2024
FOI Reference: 546/2024
Request:
I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from you. This should all be for the five years up to the date of your reply.
- What proportion of police officers vetted during the recruitment process passed the vetting process?
- What proportion of a) white b) black c) Asian d) Arab e) Chinese f) Indian g) mixed white and black h) mixed black and Asian i) non-white officers passed the vetting process?
- Please note: for the second request regarding the ethnic background of the individuals, please provide all the information you have regarding each ethnicity, and the non-white statistic as well
Response Question 1:
I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.
84% of PC applicants passed vetting. This does not include candidates who were asked to complete vetting forms but then withdrew from the process.
Response Question 2&3:
I can confirm that there is no information held by Dyfed-Powys Police due to the fact that this information is not recorded by Dyfed-Powys Police.
Please note: We have been informed by the relevant department that “Unfortunately we cannot provide a breakdown on ethnicity as the categories listed (A-I) do not match our ethnicities held in the recruitment system and I cannot make assumptions on the data we have on file”.
Please see the table below which identifies the look up list values for ethnicity for police officer candidates that is used by the Force.
|
cy |
en-GB |
|
Asiaidd/Asiaidd Prydeinig - Indiaidd |
Asian/Asian British - Indian |
|
Asiaidd/Asiaidd Prydeinig - Pacistanaidd |
Asian/Asian British - Pakistani |
|
Asiaidd/Asiaidd Prydeinig - Bangladeshaidd |
Asian/Asian British - Bangladeshi |
|
Asiaidd/Asiaidd Prydeinig - Unrhyw gefndir Asiaidd arall |
Asian/Asian British - Any other Asian background |
|
Du/Affricanaidd/Caribïaodd/Du Prydeinig - Caribïaidd |
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Caribbean |
|
Du/Affricanaidd/Caribïaidd/Du Prydeinig - Affricanaidd |
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - African |
|
Du/Affricanaidd/Caribïaidd/Du Prydeinig - Unrhyw gefndir Du / Affricanaidd / Caribïaidd |
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - Any other Black / African / Caribbean background |
|
Asiaidd/Asiaidd Prydeinig - Tsieineaidd |
Asian/Asian British - Chinese |
|
Grwpiau ethnig cymysg/lluosog - Gwyn a Du Caribïaidd |
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - White and Black Caribbean |
|
Grwpiau ethnig cymysg/lluosog - Gwyn a Du Affricanaidd |
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - White and Black African |
|
Grwpiau ethnig cymysg/lluosog - Gwyn ac Asiaidd |
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - White and Asian |
|
Grwpiau ethnig cymysg/lluosog - Unrhyw gefndir ethnig cymysg/lluosog arall |
Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups - Any other Mixed / multiple ethnic background |
|
Gwyn - Prydeinig |
White - British |
|
Gwyn - Seisnig |
White - English |
|
Gwyn - Albanaidd |
White - Scottish |
|
Gwyn - Cymreig |
White - Welsh |
|
Gwyn - O Iwerddon |
White - Irish |
|
Gwyn - Unrhyw gefndir Gwyn arall |
White - Any other White background |
|
Grŵp ethnig arall - Unrhyw grŵp ethnig arall |
Other ethnic group - Any other ethnic group |
|
Gwell gennyf beidio â dweud - Gwell gennyf beidio â dweud |
Prefer not to say - Prefer not to say |
|
Gwyn - O Loegr / O Gymru / O'r Alban / O Ogledd Iwerddon / O Brydain |
White - English / Welsh / Scottish / Northern Irish / British |
|
Gwyn - Sipsiwn neu Deithiwr Gwyddelig |
White - Gypsy or Irish Traveller |
|
Grŵp ethnig arall - Arabaidd |
Other ethnic group - Arab |
|
Gwyn - Roma |
White - Roma |
|
Asiaidd/Asiaidd Prydeinig - O Loegr/O Gymru/O'r Alban/O Ogledd Iwerddon/O Brydain |
Asian/Asian British - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British |
|
Du/Affricanaidd/Caribïaidd/Du Prydeinig - O Loegr/O Gymru/O'r Alban/O Ogledd Iwerddon/O Brydain |
Black/African/Caribbean/Black British - English/Welsh/Scottish/Northern Irish/British |
(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 14/06/2024)