Police applicants 2025

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/009532/V

Version Date: 06/03/2026

The Alliance People Department has provided the following information:

Data Processing:

This data set is made up of all applications submitted within the stated timeframe and their status as of 0900 hours on 25 February 2026.

Data Limitations/Caveats:

Data does not include applications for the Degree Holder Entry Programmes (Incl. Detective) or the Profession Policing Degree route.

This data does include some anonymised data due to the age of the application; these are anonymised when in an end state for 12 months.

We do not individually record attempts at OAC and Interview, we have included a row to capture total who passed final interview.

Some of these individuals are still in a live process so have been removed from the data at certain points. Just because an individual has been removed this does not mean that they were all unsuccessful.

I would like to ask the following data of your police applicants in the year 2025 please. From January to December if possible.

            PCDA PCEP DCEP Total
How many applicants?                                        
How many passed the eligibility stage?                                             
Of those who passed initial eligibility, how many passed SIFT                                      
Of those who passed sift, how many passed OAC                                     
How many sat OAC and passed 1st time                                           
How many sat it a second time?                                              
How many passed second time?                                             
How many passed Final Interview 1st time?                                    
How many passed Final Interview 2nd time                                      
How many passed pre-employment checks and got onto an intake?