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Ministry of Defence Police: Finance

Asked by Dame Caroline DinenageConservativeMinistry of DefenceTabled Answered 16 October 2024UIN 6042

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Ministry of Defence Police budget is in the (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 financial year; and whether he undertook a risk assessment before determining the budget for the next financial year.

Answered by Al Carns

The annual budget for the Ministry of Defence Police is as follows:

Financial year 2024-25 = £182.7 million.

Budgets for 2025-26 for all Government Departments will be set through the ongoing Spending Review.

We take the security of our establishments very seriously and have a range of measures in place to ensure the integrity of our arrangements. These measures are kept under constant review and adjusted according to the threat. It is, however, long standing policy that we do not comment on the detail of those arrangements.

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