Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who pays for the services of the Ministry of Defence Police at (a) NSA/NRO Menwith Hill and (b) those other RAF bases occupied by US forces.

The US Authorities are responsible for bearing the majority of the cost of the services of the Ministry of Defence Police deployed on operational duty at RAF bases in the UK that are made available to the United States Visiting Forces.