May 16, 2025 | Human Resources , Officer and Staff: Recruitment and Promotion
Request Number: FOI/14578
Category: Organisational Information – HR Employment and Other
Subject: PSNI recruitment 2001-2021
Request and Answer:
Please see FOI ref F-2021-01071 in relation to numbers of Catholic officers and non-Catholic officers joining the Police during the 10 year 50/50 recruitment process.
Request 1
During 50/50 as per the FOI above,
(2001 - 2011):
How many Catholic Officers resigned from the PSNI?
Answer 1
562
Request 2
How many Catholic Officers were required to resign and or dismissed?
Answer 2
72
Request 3
How many non-Catholic Officers resigned from the PSNI?
Answer 3
4611
Request 4
How many non-Catholic Officers were required to resign and or dismissed?
Answer 4
84
Request 5
For the duration that 50/50 recruitment ran, 2001 - 2011, a total of 4,275 people joined the PSNI, as per your FOI response F-2021-01071.
I request the same data as the FOI above, only now for the same period following 50/50,
(2011-2021).
How many Catholic males joined?
Answer 5
368
Request 6
How many Catholic females joined?
Answer 6
147
Request 7
How many non-Catholic males joined?
Answer 7
1466
Request 8
How many non-Catholic females joined?
Answer 8
533
Request 9
Also, how many joined that do not fall into these categories, that being any other gender box they ticked, and of those, how many were Catholic, and how many were non-Catholic?
Answer 9
In line with our statutory equality monitoring requirements, PSNI currently records gender as being male or female
Request 10
Following 50/50 recruitment running from 2001-2011, considering the same time period this ran for, so 10 years, only now covering
(2011 – 2021):
How many Catholic Officers resigned from the PSNI?
Answer 10
229
Request 11
How many Catholic Officers were required to resign and or dismissed?
Answer 11
55
Request 12
How many non-Catholic Officers resigned from the PSNI?
Answer 12
865
Request 13
How many non-Catholic Officers were required to resign and or dismissed?
Answer 13
111