Question reference: S5W-30662
- Asked by: Linda Fabiani, MSP for East Kilbride, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 13 July 2020
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Current status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 27 July 2020
Question
To ask the Scottish Government what percentage of (a) Police Scotland officers and (b) Scottish Police Authority staff are from ethnic minority groups, broken down by rank and grade respectively.
Answer
The Scottish Government does not collect data on the ethnicity of Police Officers, Police Staff or Scottish Police Authority (SPA) staff. This is a matter for Police Scotland and the SPA.
Both Police Scotland and the SPA publish equality and diversity mainstreaming reports and these can be found at the links below:
https://www.scotland.police.uk/assets/pdf/138327/243045/mainstreaming-report-2017-2019?view=Standard
http://www.spa.police.uk/assets/128635/397026/551770
The Scottish Government supports Police Scotland and the SPA in their recognition that they need to have workforces that are valued, respected and more reflective of the communities they serve.