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Pre-PEQF Recruitment
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004813/H
Version Date: 15/07/2026
The Alliance People Department has provided the following information:
Please note that as the start of the PEQF routes was September 2019 in Dorset, all data for 2019 would be for the partial – year.
Please also note that Dorset data was moved to Unit4 in December 2015, so the accuracy of anything prior to this is not guaranteed.
Please provide the following police officer recruitment data, broken down by age, gender, and ethnicity.
1. Pre-PEQF recruitment
For each of the five calendar years immediately preceding the implementation of the Police Education Qualifications Framework (PEQF) within your force, please provide:
• The total number of police officer recruits.
|
Year |
Grand Total |
|
2014 |
87 |
|
2015 |
61 |
|
2016 |
120 |
|
2017 |
90 |
|
2018 |
29 |
|
2019 |
56 |
|
Grand Total |
443 |
- A breakdown of recruits by age at recruitment.
|
The table below includes officers recruited via pre-IPLDP, IPLDP and Police Now Neighbourhood entry routes (excludes transferees) |
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|
ear |
25 and under |
26 - 30 |
31 - 35 |
36 - 40 |
41 - 45 |
46 - 50 |
51 - 55 |
Grand Total |
|
|
2014 |
20 |
25 |
28 |
8 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
87 |
|
|
2015 |
15 |
21 |
11 |
7 |
2 |
5 |
|
61 |
|
|
2016 |
31 |
33 |
19 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
|
96 |
|
|
2017 |
26 |
22 |
10 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
67 |
|
|
2018 |
12 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
23 |
|
|
2019 |
13 |
9 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
Grand Total |
117 |
114 |
80 |
27 |
13 |
12 |
2 |
365 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The table below includes recruited transferee officers only |
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|
Year |
25 and under |
26 - 30 |
31 - 35 |
36 - 40 |
41 - 45 |
46 - 50 |
51 - 55 |
Grand Total |
|
|
2016 |
|
8 |
4 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
24 |
|
|
2017 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
2 |
3 |
|
23 |
|
|
2018 |
|
|
4 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
2019 |
1 |
9 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
25 |
|
|
Grand Total |
3 |
21 |
20 |
17 |
8 |
8 |
1 |
78 |
|
- A breakdown of recruits by gender.
|
The table below includes officers recruited via pre-IPLDP, IPLDP and Police Now Neighbourhood entry routes (excludes transferees) |
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|
Year |
Female |
Male |
Grand Total |
|
2014 |
26 |
61 |
87 |
|
2015 |
23 |
38 |
61 |
|
2016 |
27 |
69 |
96 |
|
2017 |
19 |
48 |
67 |
|
2018 |
14 |
9 |
23 |
|
2019 |
12 |
19 |
31 |
|
Grand Total |
121 |
244 |
365 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The table below includes recruited transferee officers only |
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|
Year |
Female |
Male |
Grand Total |
|
2016 |
5 |
19 |
24 |
|
2017 |
9 |
14 |
23 |
|
2018 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
|
2019 |
8 |
17 |
25 |
|
Grand Total |
24 |
54 |
78 |
- A breakdown of recruits by ethnicity.
|
The table below includes officers recruited via pre-IPLDP, IPLDP and Police Now Neighbourhood entry routes (excludes transferees) |
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|
Year |
White British or Irish |
White - Any Other White Background |
Black, Asian & Ethnically Diverse |
Prefer not to say |
Not stated |
Grand Total |
|
2014 |
68 |
1 |
3 |
9 |
6 |
87 |
|
2015 |
49 |
1 |
|
2 |
9 |
61 |
|
2016 |
66 |
1 |
4 |
|
25 |
96 |
|
2017 |
54 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
67 |
|
2018 |
16 |
|
|
|
7 |
23 |
|
2019 |
25 |
|
1 |
2 |
3 |
31 |
|
Grand Total |
278 |
6 |
9 |
15 |
57 |
365 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The table below includes recruited transferee officers only |
|
|
|
|
||
|
Year |
White British or Irish |
White - Any Other White Background |
Black, Asian & Ethnically Diverse |
Prefer not to say |
Not stated |
Grand Total |
|
2016 |
19 |
|
1 |
|
4 |
24 |
|
2017 |
19 |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
23 |
|
2018 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
2019 |
21 |
|
|
4 |
|
25 |
|
Grand Total |
65 |
|
2 |
6 |
5 |
78 |
- Post-PEQF recruitment
For each calendar year following the implementation of the PEQF, please provide the number of police officer recruits, broken down by age, gender, and ethnicity, for each of the following entry routes:
• Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA).
• Degree Holder Entry Programme (DHEP).
• Detective Degree Holder Entry Programme (D-DHEP), or any equivalent direct-entry detective programme.
• Any non-PEQF police officer entry routes operating during the same period.
Where possible, please provide the data in a spreadsheet format (e.g. Excel or CSV). If age or ethnicity categories have changed during the period requested, please provide the data using the categories recorded at the time of recruitment and include a description of the categories used.
|
Entry Route |
Year intake |
Female |
Male |
Grand Total |
|
Degree Holder Entry Programme |
|
69 |
101 |
170 |
|
|
2020 |
11 |
20 |
31 |
|
|
2021 |
22 |
21 |
43 |
|
|
2022 |
9 |
16 |
25 |
|
|
2023 |
12 |
19 |
31 |
|
|
2024 |
6 |
8 |
14 |
|
|
2025 |
7 |
11 |
18 |
|
|
2026 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
|
Degree Holder Entry Programme/(Detective Constable) |
|
115 |
53 |
168 |
|
|
2020 |
10 |
3 |
13 |
|
|
2021 |
16 |
6 |
22 |
|
|
2022 |
18 |
10 |
28 |
|
|
2023 |
31 |
11 |
42 |
|
|
2024 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
2025 |
21 |
14 |
35 |
|
|
2026 |
17 |
9 |
26 |
|
Detective Constable Entry Programme |
|
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
|
2026 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship |
|
119 |
271 |
390 |
|
|
2019 |
6 |
10 |
16 |
|
|
2020 |
13 |
29 |
42 |
|
|
2021 |
19 |
35 |
54 |
|
|
2022 |
20 |
53 |
73 |
|
|
2023 |
30 |
55 |
85 |
|
|
2024 |
10 |
26 |
36 |
|
|
2025 |
19 |
47 |
66 |
|
|
2026 |
2 |
16 |
18 |
|
Police Constable Entry Programme |
|
2 |
10 |
12 |
|
|
2026 |
2 |
10 |
12 |
|
Professional Policing Degree |
|
1 |
6 |
7 |
|
|
2023 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
|
2024 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
|
2025 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
|
|
2026 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Re-Joiner |
|
9 |
9 |
18 |
|
|
2020 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
|
2021 |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
2022 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
2023 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
2025 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
2026 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
|
Transferee |
|
50 |
127 |
177 |
|
|
2019 |
4 |
11 |
15 |
|
|
2020 |
6 |
17 |
23 |
|
|
2021 |
6 |
20 |
26 |
|
|
2022 |
6 |
29 |
35 |
|
|
2023 |
9 |
11 |
20 |
|
|
2024 |
7 |
8 |
15 |
|
|
2025 |
4 |
8 |
12 |
|
|
2026 |
8 |
23 |
31 |
|
Grand Total |
|
366 |
582 |
948 |
|
Entry Route |
Year intake |
25 and under |
26-30 |
31-35 |
36-40 |
41-45 |
46-50 |
51-55 |
56-60 |
61-65 |
Grand Total |
|
Degree Holder Entry Programme |
|
74 |
46 |
23 |
14 |
6 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
170 |
|
|
2020 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
2021 |
17 |
16 |
5 |
3 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
|
2022 |
16 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
25 |
|
|
2023 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
3 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
31 |
|
|
2024 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
2025 |
10 |
7 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
|
2026 |
5 |
2 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
8 |
|
Degree Holder Entry Programme/(Detective Constable) |
|
87 |
31 |
18 |
17 |
7 |
5 |
3 |
|
|
168 |
|
|
2020 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
2021 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
2022 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
2023 |
27 |
9 |
2 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
2024 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
2025 |
23 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
35 |
|
|
2026 |
16 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Detective Constable Entry Programme |
|
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
2026 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship |
|
239 |
76 |
48 |
15 |
9 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
390 |
|
|
2019 |
10 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
16 |
|
|
2020 |
24 |
10 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
42 |
|
|
2021 |
28 |
16 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
54 |
|
|
2022 |
41 |
17 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
73 |
|
|
2023 |
54 |
12 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
2024 |
24 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
36 |
|
|
2025 |
44 |
10 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
66 |
|
|
2026 |
14 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18 |
|
Police Constable Entry Programme |
|
5 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
2026 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
Professional Policing Degree |
|
6 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
2023 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
2024 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
2025 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
2026 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Re-Joiner |
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
18 |
|
|
2020 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
2021 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
2022 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
2023 |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
2025 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
2026 |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
Transferee |
|
12 |
40 |
29 |
40 |
30 |
20 |
5 |
|
1 |
177 |
|
|
2019 |
|
5 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
2020 |
|
4 |
2 |
10 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
|
23 |
|
|
2021 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
26 |
|
|
2022 |
3 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
1 |
|
1 |
35 |
|
|
2023 |
1 |
7 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
20 |
|
|
2024 |
|
4 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
2025 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
2026 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
1 |
|
|
31 |
|
Grand Total |
|
429 |
200 |
124 |
91 |
56 |
33 |
13 |
1 |
1 |
948 |
|
Entry Route |
Year intake |
White British/Irish |
White - Any Other White Background |
BAME |
Prefer Not to Say |
Not recorded |
Grand Total |
|
Degree Holder Entry Programme |
|
148 |
12 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
170 |
|
|
2020 |
29 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
2021 |
41 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
43 |
|
|
2022 |
20 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
25 |
|
|
2023 |
26 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
31 |
|
|
2024 |
12 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
14 |
|
|
2025 |
13 |
3 |
1 |
|
1 |
18 |
|
|
2026 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
Degree Holder Entry Programme/(Detective Constable) |
|
144 |
11 |
7 |
|
6 |
168 |
|
|
2020 |
10 |
3 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
2021 |
17 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
22 |
|
|
2022 |
23 |
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
28 |
|
|
2023 |
40 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
42 |
|
|
2024 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
2025 |
30 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
35 |
|
|
2026 |
22 |
2 |
2 |
|
|
26 |
|
Detective Constable Entry Programme |
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
|
2026 |
6 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
|
Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship |
|
352 |
9 |
12 |
11 |
6 |
390 |
|
|
2019 |
12 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
16 |
|
|
2020 |
39 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
42 |
|
|
2021 |
53 |
|
1 |
|
|
54 |
|
|
2022 |
63 |
|
3 |
7 |
|
73 |
|
|
2023 |
80 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
|
85 |
|
|
2024 |
32 |
1 |
2 |
|
1 |
36 |
|
|
2025 |
56 |
4 |
1 |
|
5 |
66 |
|
|
2026 |
17 |
1 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Police Constable Entry Programme |
|
11 |
1 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
2026 |
11 |
1 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
Professional Policing Degree |
|
6 |
1 |
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
2023 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
2024 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
2025 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
2026 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
Re-Joiner |
|
16 |
|
|
|
2 |
18 |
|
|
2020 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
2021 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
|
|
2022 |
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
|
2023 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
2025 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
2026 |
6 |
|
|
|
1 |
7 |
|
Transferee |
|
144 |
5 |
3 |
14 |
11 |
177 |
|
|
2019 |
12 |
|
|
3 |
|
15 |
|
|
2020 |
16 |
|
|
7 |
|
23 |
|
|
2021 |
21 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
26 |
|
|
2022 |
32 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
35 |
|
|
2023 |
19 |
|
|
|
1 |
20 |
|
|
2024 |
12 |
|
|
|
3 |
15 |
|
|
2025 |
8 |
|
|
|
4 |
12 |
|
|
2026 |
24 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
31 |
|
Grand Total |
|
827 |
39 |
28 |
28 |
26 |
948 |