Ministry of Defence Police: Staff

(asked on 6th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) workforce requirement and (b) actual number of staff was for the Ministry of Defence Police in each year since 2010.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 15th December 2023

MDP Officer requirement and Officer strength in each year, to 31 March, are as follows:

Year

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024*

Requirement

3661

3645

2729

2708

2690

2666

2691

2691

2706

2865

2917

2923

2910

2875

2845

Strength

3464

3302

2949

2660

2497

2503

2520

2570

2533

2515

2643

2768

2701

2593

2497

*As at 31 October 2023

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