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<p><del class="ministerial">As stated in the response to the question tabled on 12
January, there are currently 10 forces that do not hold a post Online Assessment Process
interview as part of the police recruitment process. According to information provided
by the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing these 10 forces
are Avon & Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Hampshire, Humberside, Norfolk, Suffolk,
Warwickshire West Midlands and Wiltshire.</del></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">These
forces engage with all candidates face-to-face as part of the recruitment process:
six forces (Avon & Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Humberside, Norfolk and Suffolk)
routinely require applicants to attend a face-to-face meeting through familiarisation
events or similar; the remaining four have face-to-face engagement at other stages
in the recruitment process, such as during the medical and fitness assessments.</del></p><p>
</p><p><del class="ministerial">Following engagement with the Home Office, the College
of Policing will write to Chief Constables in early February with updated guidance
on post assessment interviews that will strengthen the requirement for forces to use
the College of Policing’s standard post Online Assessment Process interview process,
as part of the police recruitment process.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">In
the response to the question tabled on 12 January, it was stated that there were 10
forces that did not hold a post Online Assessment Process interview as part of the
police recruitment process. Further information provided by the National Police Chiefs’
Council and College of Policing shows that this figure is nine – one force had incorrectly
stated it did not complete an interview.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial">According to information provided by the National Police Chiefs’
Council and the College of Policing these nine forces are Avon & Somerset, City
of London, Dorset, Hampshire, Humberside, Norfolk, Suffolk, West Midlands and Wiltshire.
These forces engage with all candidates face-to-face as part of the recruitment process.
Six forces (Avon & Somerset, City of London, Dorset, Humberside, Norfolk and Suffolk)
routinely require applicants to attend a face-to-face meeting through familiarisation
events or similar; the remaining three have face-to-face engagement at other stages
in the recruitment process, such as during the medical and fitness assessments.</ins></p><p><ins
class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Following engagement with
the Home Office, the College of Policing will write to Chief Constables in early February
with updated guidance on post assessment interviews that will strengthen the requirement
for forces to use the College of Policing’s standard post Online Assessment Process
interview process, as part of the police recruitment process.</ins></p>
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