Police Officer Sexual Orientation and Gender - 1500/21

Date Responded 16 November 2021

Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority (including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

You asked:

  1. As of today (or the most recent data available), what is the headcount of Officers in your Force (including full- and part-time).
  2. Please provide a breakdown by sexual orientation where recorded (i.e. lesbian, gay, bisexual, heterosexual etc).
  3. Please provide a breakdown by gender where recorded (i.e. Male, Female, Transgender etc).

In Response:

1. 3507

 

2. Heterosexual / straight – 1528

    Bisexual – 26

    Gay / lesbian – 73

    Prefer to self-describe – 6

    Prefer not to say – 1301

    Unknown – 573

 

3. Male – 2268

    Female – 1237

    Prefer to self-describe – 2

Disclaimer

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another. Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative purposes.

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

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