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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people work for the MOD Police; how many are employed in Scotland; what the figures were in each case in January 2004; what the personnel costs of the Agency are in 2004-05; and what they were in 2003-04. [212156] Mr. Caplin :[pursuant to the reply, 7 February 2005, Official Report, c. 1253]: I have to correct that information. The current Agency was formed in April 2004 by merging the Ministry of Defence Police and the Ministry of Defence Guard Service. The personnel in the Ministry of Defence Guard Service were dispersed across the Department and their number and personnel costs are not available prior to the merger. The full overall budget for the Agency in 2004-05 is £158.6 million. The number of people working in the Agency is shown in the following table: Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Full-time equivalents (FTE) as at 1 January 2004 2005 Total Scotland Total Scotland Ministry of Defence Police -- -- 7,230 1,310 and Guarding Agency (police officers, MGS officers and civilian support staff). Ministry of Defence Police 3,680 840 -- -- (police officers) _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

212156; 432 c1732-4W;432 c1728W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Executive agencies Expenditure Staff Scotland Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency Defence agencies

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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