Career patterns of older MPS officers

 

I note you seek access to the following information:

 

I am currently carrying out research into career patterns of older MPS officers and it would be helpful, subject to the information being available, if you were able to provide me with the following information;

 

1) Can you provide a breakdown of officers by rank and gender currently serving in the MPS over the age of 50? 

If you are able it would be ideal to receive that information by individual age by year e.g. “there are 243 male sergeants and 79 female sergeants aged 53” but if not then broken down by age bands say 50-54,55-59, 60-64 and (any) 65+ ?

 

2) In relation to the promotion process from constable to sergeant for 2022 can you a) provide a breakdown of total applicants and successful applicants by gender. Are you also able to provide 

b) a breakdown by age of the total/successful applicants and length of service by gender. And 

c) the age range of total and successful applicants from the youngest to the oldest ?

 

3) In relation to ‘normal’ retirement of officers for 2022 can you provide a breakdown of age by gender and rank. As I requested in Q1 if you are able to provide that data by individual year of age that would be most helpful but if not then the age bands of 50-54, 55-59, 60-64 and (any) 65+ will assist me? 

 

4) In relation to the MPS Marine unit are you able to provide data on the number of officers currently serving in the unit broken down by rank and gender ? 

If you are able can you say how many of those officers are aged 55 and over ? 

I appreciate because of the size of the unit there may be a question of potential disclosure but any data, even were it to be spread over a number of years, to avoid the small sample size, would be appreciated. 

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full. 

 

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

 

Police Officers	Female			Male
Ranks / Age Groups	50-54	55-59	60+	50-54	55-59	60+
Commanders and above	<10	<10	0	<10	<10	<10
Detective Chief Superintendent	<10	0	0	<10	0	0
Chief Superintendent	<10	0	0	<10	<10	0
Detective Superintendent	11	0	0	24	<10	0
Superintendent	<10	<10	0	23	<10	<10
Detective Chief Inspector	14	<10	0	31	<10	<10
Chief Inspector	10	<10	0	34	<10	<10
Detective Inspector	29	<10	0	96	18	<10
Inspector	27	<10	<10	145	43	<10
Detective Sergeant	57	13	0	193	48	<10
Police Sergeant	69	17	<10	391	139	20
Detective Constable	177	47	11	312	109	28
Police Constable	423	133	26	1313	472	86
Total by Age	834	233	40	2583	869	150

 

Q2 - In relation to the promotion process from constable to sergeant for 2022 can you a) provide a breakdown of total applicants and successful applicants by gender. 

	Applications	Successful applicants
Female	393	241
Intersex	<10	<10
Male	902	462
Other	<10	<10
Prefer not to say	51	26
Total	1348	730

 

 

We do not record length of service within the system, so we are unable to provide this information.

 

 

We do not record age, but we do record age ranges, so can provide the following information:

Age range	No of candidates successful at assessment centre
<26	10
26-40	463
41-55	254
>55	3

Police Officer	Female				Male
Rank/Age Group	50-54	55-59	60-64	65+	50-54	55-59	60-64	65+
Commanders and above	<10	0	<10	0	<10	0	0	0
Detective Chief Superintendent	0	<10	<10	0	<10	0	0	0
Chief Superintendent	<10	0	0	0	<10	<10	0	0
Detective Superintendent	<10	0	0	0	<10	<10	0	0
Superintendent	<10	<10	0	0	<10	<10	0	0
Detective Chief Inspector	<10	0	<10	0	<10	<10	<10	0
Chief Inspector	<10	<10	0	0	11	<10	<10	0
Detective Inspector	<10	<10	<10	0	17	11	<10	0
Inspector	<10	<10	0	0	29	22	<10	0
Detective Sergeant	<10	<10	<10	0	25	24	<10	<10
Police Sergeant	12	<10	<10	0	65	73	<10	0
Detective Constable	18	19	<10	0	37	38	<10	0
Police Constable	39	39	<10	<10	109	165	29	<10
Total by Age Group	99	86	16	1	309	350	51	4

Q4 - In relation to the MPS Marine Unit are you able to provide data on the number of officers currently serving in the unit broken down by rank and gender ? If you are able can you say how many of those officers are aged 55 and over ? I appreciate because of the size of the unit there may be a question of potential disclosure but any data, even were it to be spread over a number of years, to avoid the small sample size, would be appreciated

Police Officer Rank	50+ Total
Inspector	<10
Police Sergeant	<10
Police Constable	12
Total	15