Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel have been employed as security guards (i) directly and (ii) by external third parties contracted by his Department in each of the last six years.
Mark Lancaster
The Ministry of Defence (MOD) employs the MOD Guard Service (MGS) and the Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS) to guard some of their establishments.
Over the last six years the following numbers have been employed:
|
FY |
MPGS |
MGS |
|
2010-11 |
2,310 |
3,593 |
|
2011-12 |
2,510 |
3,439 |
|
2012-13 |
2,630 |
3,110 |
|
2013-14 |
2,770 |
2,734 |
|
2014-15 |
2,810 |
2,064 |
|
2015-16 |
2,940 |
2,035 |
The MOD also uses commercial civilian guarding at some sites where this is more cost effective. However, the numbers of security guards employed by third parties is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
