P.S.N.I. recruitment statistics

Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland did not have the information requested.

Dear Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland,I am writing to you under the terms of the FOIA, in order to find out how many former members of paramilitary organisations, and their respective political groups, have been recruited into the ranks of the police service, and to which groups they formerly belonged

Yours faithfully,

S. Keilty

Info, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Dear S Keilty,

We do not hold records which would provide the information you are seeking.

Yours,

Freedom of Information Unit.

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Dear Info,
Where would I find this information? Are the statistics actually available for public scrutiny? Is this information kept under the Official Secrets Act? Why? Does the PSNI have something to hide about the make up of the Service? Is it just a State paramilitary force?

Yours sincerely,

Stephen. K

Info, Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland

Stephen,

The PSNI would hold information on its employees. What level of that information could be disclosed would, we suspect, be a matter of its obligations under the Freedom of Information or Data Protection Acts.

Kind Regards
Freedom of Information Unit.

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Stephen. K left an annotation ()

Found a link on this site to enable contact with political representatives. I contacted Nigel Dodds, who has requested the information from the Chief Constable, and I am now awaiting his reply.