How many special constables there have been in each police force, broken down by (a) ethnicity, (b) gender and (c) age group in each year s…

Answered Asked by Kezia Dugdale Lab Lodged 13 Jun 2011

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many special constables there have been in each police force, broken down by (a) ethnicity, (b) gender and (c) age group in each year since 1999.

The answer

Answered by Kenny MacAskill on 24 Jun 2011 · 11 days after it was lodged, on time

The information requested on the number of special constables broken down by ethnicity, gender and age group is not held centrally. We can provide the number of special constables in each force as at 31 March from 1999 to 2010. The 2011 data are not yet available.
Special Constables in Scotland, as at 31 March from 1999 to 2010
Year
Central
Dumfries and Galloway
Fife
Grampian
Lothian and Borders
Northern
Strathclyde
Tayside
Scotland
1999
62
187
102
121
198
482
310
189
1,651
2000
60
153
97
120
207
413
322
156
1,528
2001
59
135
110
116
151
406
336
136
1,449
2002
73
96
99
115
112
340
314
122
1,271
2003
79
95
101
93
107
310
240
111
1,136
2004
76
105
119
108
87
267
265
108
1,135
2005
100
95
119
141
106
246
257
122
1,186
2006
129
106
128
144
130
242
306
159
1,344
2007
131
115
143
159
160
240
342
173
1,463
2008
118
95
136
152
171
237
323
176
1,408
2009
100
105
137
181
182
219
455
199
1,578
2010
97
122
135
179
166
174
573
199
1,645

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