MOD Police
01 January 1991
MOD Police
bacdoc January=1992
Hansard written answer 23.3.89 Col 162
Mr. Sean Hughes: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence
what was the strength of the Ministry of Defence police in each
of the last 10 years.
Mr. Sainsbury, Minister of State for Defence said over the
last 10 years the strength of the Ministry of Defence police was
as follows:
Numbers
October 1979 4,121
October 1980 4,221
October 1981 4,080
October 1982 3,958
October 1983 3,836
October 1984 4,003
October 1985 4,255
October 1986 4,681
December 1987(1) 4,941
December 1988 4,706
(1) Strengths are taken from the chief constable's annual
reports, which from 1987 relate to calendar years.
The figures shown include manpower provided to users but
exclude civilians employed in support of the Ministry of
Defence police.