MPS constable training programmes
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.22.026227
I note you seek access to the following information:
1. How many new officers initially joined the Metropolitan Police constable training programmes (PCDA, DHEP and IPLDP routes) for the below calendar years, and what were their genders? I am happy for gender breakdowns prior to 2020 to be omitted.
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
2. For the 2021 calendar year in Question 1, how many of each gender voluntarily left either of the three programmes within the first year?
3. For the 2021 calendar year in Question 1, how many of each gender voluntarily left either of the three programmes after the first year but before the end of the programme?
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Please find below information pursuant to your request above.
Q1 - How many new officers initially joined the Metropolitan Police constable training programmes (PCDA, DHEP and IPLDP routes) for the below calendar years, and what were their genders? I am happy for gender breakdowns prior to 2020 to be omitted.
Please see the below attendance figures.
The Policing Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) only went live in January 2021 therefore information for preceding years is not held. The Initial Police Learning and Development Programme (IPLDP) was the only point of entry from 2017 to 2020. The Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) and the Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP) including Detectives started in January 2021 therefore no data is held for these routes prior to this date.
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| IPLDP | 1,688 | 814 | 181 | 61 | ||||||
| Detective | 166 | 184 | ||||||||
| PCDA | 681 | 323 | ||||||||
| DHEP incl Detectives | 511 | 548 | ||||||||
| Total | 519 | 865 | 1,100 | 2,385 | 2,305 | |||||
Q2 - For the 2021 calendar year in Question 1, how many of each gender voluntarily left either of the three programmes within the first year?
Please see the table below.
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | ||||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| IPLDP | 8 | 1 | ||||||||
| Detective | ||||||||||
| PCDA | 28 | 11 | ||||||||
| DHEP incl Detectives | 15 | 12 | ||||||||
| Total | 75 | |||||||||
Q3 - For the 2021 calendar year in Question 1, how many of each gender voluntarily left either of the three programmes after the first year but before the end of the programme?
None of these officers have yet completed their respective programmes so we are unable to provide any data in regard to this question.