Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many security breaches there have been at his Department's bases since 2010; and what the nature of each such breach was.
The information provided below lists the number of centrally held Physical security breaches from 2010 to date. Information about physical security breaches prior to 2015 is not held centrally. To provide information as to the nature of each breach would incur disproportionate cost.
Front Line Command / Major Business Unit | Number of physical incidents 2015 | Number of physical incidents 2016 |
AIR | 19 | 87 |
ARMY | 322 | 373 |
Defence Equipment and Support | 26 | 78 |
Defence Infrastructure Organisation | 11 | 9 |
Head Office and Corporate Services | 1 | 1 |
Joint Force Command / Permanent Joint Headquarters | 19 | 44 |
NAVY | 88 | 214 |
TOTAL | 486 | 806 |