Brendan O’Hara – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Brendan O’Hara on 2016-01-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what definition his Department use of the term exigency of duty.

Mark Lancaster

The Ministry of Defence Police policy on overtime working states that:

"Exigencies of Duty should be interpreted as relating to situations where there is an unavoidable operational need, which necessitates a change of rostered duties".