Question to the Ministry of Defence:
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.
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.