Ministry of Defence Police: Recruitment
(asked on 6th December 2023) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Ministry of Defence Police officers (a) were recruited and (b) left the Force in each year since 2010.
This question was answered on 11th December 2023
Due to changes in data management processes, and moving the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) headquarters to RAF Wyton, we can only provide figures from 2018-19 onwards. MDP Officer joiners and leavers in each year, to 31 March, are as follows:
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024* |
Joiners | 275 | 404 | 322 | 248 | 253 | 87 |
Leavers | 286.5 | 266.53 | 190.79 | 311.05 | 353.98 | 183 |
* As at 31 October 2023