New Police recruits - Police officers who were newly recruited in 2022
Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.028531
I note you seek access to the following information:
Please provide the following:
A - The number of police officers who were newly recruited in 2022.
- How many of these were recruited with a face to face interview
- How many of these were recruited without a face to face interview?
(If no cost overrun, please go onto B)
B- The number of police officers recruited in 2021
- How many of these were recruited with a face to face interview
- How many of these were recruited without a face to face interview?
(If no cost overrun, please go onto C)
- The number of police officers recruited in 2020
- How many of these were recruited with a face to face interview
- How many of these were recruited without a face to face interview?
Decision
I have today decided to disclose some of the requested information. Some data has been withheld as it is exempt from disclosure and therefore this response serves as a Refusal Notice under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (the Act) by virtue of the following exemptions:
Section 21 - Information reasonably accessible by other means
Reason for decision
Section 21 - Information reasonably accessible by other means - The information requested has been identified as being accessible via other means as it is already published. Where information is already in the public domain we are not required to re-publish the data; instead public authorities are required to direct you to the information, which we have done in this instance. This action is in accordance with section 21 of the Freedom of Information Act.
Please visit the following MPS link to officer numbers recruited - Table 8 on the Workforce Data Report: Stats & Data - Workforce Data
Disclosure
There are some parts of the Met’s recruitment process that candidates complete online, to comply with national standards, but all candidates are also assessed in person at the Met’s assessment centre.