OFFICIAL Our Ref: IM-FOI-2021-0741 Date: 19 April 2021 FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 I refer to your recent request for information which has been handled in accordance with the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002. For ease of reference, your request is replicated below together with the response. I would like information on the demographic makeup of your police force. Equality and diversity employment monitoring is carried out on an annual basis at 31st March of each year and for the respective reporting periods running from 1st April to 31st March. The data provided is at 31st March 2020 which will be published in the Police Scotland Mainstreaming Report by 30th April 2021. Data analysis is currently ongoing for data at 31st March 2021 and for the reporting period 01/04/2020-31/03/2021. The total current number of police within the force, and break down by ethnicity and gender. Police Scotland Workforce Profile for Race at 31/03/2020 The figures provided are categorised as follows and include the following: BME - Mixed or Multiple Ethnic Group, Asian Pakistani, Asian Indian, Asian Bangladeshi, Asian Chinese, Asian Other, African, African Other, Caribbean, Black, Caribbean or Black Other, Arab and Other Ethnic Group. White Minority - White Irish, White Gypsy/Traveller, White Polish and White Other. All Other White British - White English, White Northern Irish, White Welsh and White Other British. Choose not to Disclose – The “Choose not to Disclose” option is available for those individuals who do not wish to identify their information. Not Recorded - indicates that no information has been provided by an individual. Police Officers Ethnic Origin % No: OFFICIAL OFFICIAL White Scottish 78% 13743 All Other White British 8% 1489 White Minority 2% 341 BME 1% 253 Choose not to Disclose 7% 1312 Not Recorded 3% 555 Police Officer - Workforce Profile for Sex at 31/03/2020 Police Officers Sex % No: Male 68% 11984 Female 32% 5709 The number of police recruited into the force over the last 24 month and 12 month period, and break down by ethnicity and gender. Please provide the information up until March 2021 – or the nearest date possible to this. Data for the period 01/04/2020-31/03/2021 is currently in the processing of being analysed. Newly Appointed Police Officers – 01/04/2019-31/03/2020 Police Officers Sex % No: Male 60% 619 Female 40% 421 Police Officers Ethnic Origin % No: White Scottish 44% 457 All Other White British 5% 51 White Minority 3% 28 BME <1% 8 Choose not to Disclose <1% <5 Not Recorded 47% 493 Should you require any further assistance please contact Information Management - Dundee quoting the reference number given. If you are dissatisfied with the way in which Police Scotland has dealt with your request, you are entitled, in the first instance, to request a review of our actions and decisions. OFFICIAL OFFICIAL Your request must specify the matter which gives rise to your dissatisfaction and it must be submitted within 40 working days of receiving this response - either by email to [email protected] or by post to Information Management (Disclosure), Police Scotland, Clyde Gateway, 2 French Street, Dalmarnock, G40 4EH. If you remain dissatisfied following the outcome of that review, you are thereafter entitled to apply to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner within six months for a decision. You can apply online, by email to [email protected] or by post to Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner, Kinburn Castle, Doubledykes Road, St Andrews, Fife, KY16 9DS. Should you wish to appeal against the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner's decision, there is an appeal to the Court of Session on a point of law only. As part of our commitment to demonstrate openness and transparency in respect of the information we hold, an anonymised version of this response will be posted to the Police Scotland Freedom of Information Disclosure Log in seven days' time. OFFICIAL .