Successful new recruits to the force from 2019-2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.033351

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. (a) The number of successful new recruits to the force in 2023 who were given face-to-face interviews as part of their recruitment.

1. (b) The total number of new recruits to the force in 2023

2. (a)/(b) The same figures for 2022
3. (a)/(b) The same figures for 2021
4. (a)/(b)The same figures for 2020
5. (a)/(b)The same figures for 2019

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

All successful candidates had at least one face to face assessment, though some had more than one, this assumes that some F2F assessments were virtual due to Covid. PC Assessments became virtual as a result of Covid from 1 Jan 2021 and for DC’s, 1 November 2020.

Overall
Year	Offers Given	Day 1 assessment (F2F)	DC Bolt on	Interactive Assessment	Day 2
2019	3,021	2,768	377	0	3,021
2020	2,826	2,671	348	0	2,826
2021	2,387	1,537	521	335	2,386
2022	3,318	177	1,328	1,645	3,318
2023	1,673	0	435	1,113	1,673
Total	13225	7153	3009	3093	13224

     

Police Constable
Year	Offers Given	Day 1 assessment (F2F)	Interactive Assessment	Day 2
2019	2,643	2,444	0	2,643
2020	2,474	2,324	0	2,474
2021	1,861	1,317	335	1,860
2022	1,989	168	1,645	1,989
2023	1,236	0	1,113	1,236
Total	10203	6253	3093	10202

    

Detective Constable
Year	Offers Given	Day 1 assessment (F2F)	DC Bolt on	Day 2
2019	378	324	377	378
2020	352	347	348	352
2021	526	220	521	526
2022	1,329	9	1,328	1,329
2023	437	0	435	437
Total	3022	900	3009	3022