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Dear Essex Police,

Under the Freedom of Information Act please tell me:

1) How many people have passed the Police Constable assessment centre process in 2013,2014,2015,2016? Please break this down by external applicants and internal applicants.

2) How many people are currently awaiting a start date? This will include everyone who has passed the assessment centre process and has not informed you they wish to withdraw. Please break this down by external applicants and internal applicants.

3) After passing the assessment centre process what is the average waiting time for a start date? Please break this down by external applicants and internal applicants.

4) How many Police Constables have undergone initial training in 2013,2014,2015,2016? This means they have passed the assessment centre process, accepted a start date and attended at least one day. Please break this down by external applicants and internal applicants.

5) How many training places are there for the rest of the year?

Yours faithfully,

Jonathan Eagle

Data FOI Essex,

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Data FOI Essex,

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Dear Mr Eagle

 

Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above
reference.

 

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties
on public authorities. Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at
Sec1(1)(a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a
request is held. The second duty at Sec1(1)(b) is to disclose information
that has been confirmed as being held. Where exemptions are relied upon
s17 of FOIA requires that we provide the applicant with a notice which: a)
states that fact b) specifies the exemption(s) in question and c) states
(if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

 

In respect of your enquiry:

 

1) How many people have passed the Police Constable assessment centre
process in 2013,2014,2015,2016? Please break this down by external
applicants and internal applicants.

 

2) How many people are currently awaiting a start date? This will include
everyone who has passed the assessment centre process and has not informed
you they wish to withdraw. Please break this down by external applicants
and internal applicants.

 

3) After passing the assessment centre process what is the average waiting
time for a start date? Please break this down by external applicants and
internal applicants.

 

4) How many Police Constables have undergone initial training in
2013,2014,2015,2016? This means they have passed the assessment centre
process, accepted a start date and attended at least one day. Please break
this down by external applicants and internal applicants.

 

5) How many training places are there for the rest of the year?

 

Having completed my enquiries I am able to respond as follows:

 

In respect of Sec1(1)(a) Essex Police does hold information relating to
your request.

 

In respect of Sec1(1)(b) I can advise as follows:

 

 

 

1) How many people have passed the Police Constable assessment centre
process in 2013,2014,2015,2016? Please break this down by external
applicants and internal applicants.

 

2013   279

2014   270

2015   209

2016   147

 

 

2) How many people are currently awaiting a start date? This will include
everyone who has passed the assessment centre process and has not informed
you they wish to withdraw. Please break this down by external applicants
and internal applicants.

 

63 in total – 12 internal and 51 external.

 

3) After passing the assessment centre process what is the average waiting
time for a start date? Please break this down by external applicants and
internal applicants.

 

Waiting time for a start date is dependant upon many factors, however, on
average candidates will wait approximately 3 months. Internal and external
applicants are processed together so there will be no difference in
average waiting times, this length of time would vary according to
individual candidate circumstances.

 

 

4) How many Police Constables have undergone initial training in
2013,2014,2015,2016? This means they have passed the assessment centre
process, accepted a start date and attended at least one day. Please break
this down by external applicants and internal applicants.

 

Data are based on those that have started with Essex Police as a Student Constable and
excludes Re-Joiners and Transferees from Other Forces.

Internal applicants refer to anybody who had been either a Special, Police Staff
Employee or PCSO around the time they would have been going through the application
process.
Applicant 01/04/13-31/03/14 01/04/14-31/03/15 01/04/15-31/03/165 01/04/16-31/07/16
Type
Internal 43 34 16 13
External 34 83 37 45
Total 77 117 53 58

 

 

 

 

5) How many training places are there for the rest of the year?

 

There are 170 training places for the period September 2016 – March 2017.

 

 

I trust that this information is of assistance.

 

Shirley Elderfield
Information Officer
Corporate Services
Essex Police HQ
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