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.