RESOURCES DIRECTORATE
Corporate Support and Information Services - Data Protection
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Mr James Sutherland

Via WhatDoTheyKnow.com

By Email: [FOI #1395 email] Date 21^st August 2008

Dear Mr Sutherland

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION APPLICATION REFERENCE NO: 1259/08

Thank you for your request for information received by Lancashire Constabulary on the 24^th July 2008, which was as follows:-

I am requesting basic information on diversity training carried out after the publication of the Macpherson report into the death of Stephen Lawrence. Could you please provide information relating to the following three questions:

1. How many "Diversity" training courses has your Constabulary provided in the period 1999-2008?

2. What was the target group of those courses, i.e: all staff, police officers, police staff, staff of a particular rank/grade, etc.

3. What was the duration of the courses in terms of days/ hours.

FYI, please see the following clarifications regarding the above questions:

i) By 'diversity' I refer to any course aimed at meeting the training recommendations of the Lawrence report or subsequent training related to awareness of issues of race, prejudice, sexual orientation, religion or gender.

ii) I am interested in all types of diversity training including both stand alone courses or diversity elements within courses, where the identification of that element is easily recognisable and its inclusion in your report is unproblematic

iii) I am not concerned with the diversity training contained within the Probationer Training Program or the IPLDP, and do not require any information regarding diversity training undertaken as part of basic probationer training.

iv) Where the diversity training is self-directed or e-learning without a fixed duration, I would request that an estimate on the number of study hours required for its completion is provided instead of information on course duration.

v) I do not require any information on the number of participants involved in any course, the completion rates, or any detailed information on course content, delivery method or evaluation.

Your request for information has been considered and the information you are seeking can be found overleaf.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in Lancashire Constabulary.

Yours sincerely

Paul Walker

Freedom of Information Disclosure Officer

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