Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2019 to Question 221023, who pays for the remaining cost of those services of the Ministry of Defence Police; and what the process is for determining who pays those costs.

The remaining costs of the services provided by the Ministry of Defence Police at RAF bases in the UK that are made available to the United States Visiting Forces are met from the Defence budget. It is the responsibility of the Host Nation to provide and fund the appropriate level of external security at these locations. The financial principles and arrangements for cost recovery that relate to the deployment of the Ministry of Defence Police are set out in a Memorandum of Arrangement between the Ministry of Defence and the United States Air Force.