Speeches

Kevan Jones – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kevan Jones on 2015-12-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence Police Officers he estimates will be employed by his Department in (a) 2015-16, (b) 2016-17, (c) 2017-18, (d) 2018-19 and (e) 2019-20.

Mr Julian Brazier

The number of Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) officers employed by the Ministry of Defence is estimated as follows:

Financial Year

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20

MDP Officers

2,666

2,631

2,631

2,631

2,631

Note: Figures are for funded posts and figures for 2016-17 onwards are provisional until the implications of the Strategic Defence and Security Review have been worked through.