National Tactical Response Group

(asked on 14th November 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officers were serving in the National Tactical Response Group at the end of the each year since 2018.


Answered by
Edward Argar Portrait
Edward Argar
Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 21st November 2023

The National Tactical Response Group (NTRG) is a specialist resource that provides intervention options to the Silver and Gold commanders. NTRG is a highly trained team that provides expertise in technical interventions that would carry higher risk of failure or injury, and which require skills and equipment limited only to NTRG staff.

The table below shows how may officers were serving in NTRG at the end of each year since 2018.

Year

Serving NTRG Officers

2018

46

2019

52

2020

47

2021

49

2022

54

2023

55 to end of October 2023

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