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.
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