Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many individuals were employed by the Ministry of Defence Police in each of the last five years.
The employment numbers for the Ministry of Defence Police on 31 March each year since 2020 are:
Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
MDP ¹ | 2643 | 2768 | 2701 | 2593 | 2407 |
NUCS ² | 227 | 235 | 230 | 221 | 211 |
Total | 2869 | 3003 | 2931 | 2814 | 2618 |
¹ Ministry of Defence Police officers
² Non-uniformed Civil Servants
The figures are based on Full Time Equivalents.