Royal Navy Police

(asked on 2nd February 2016) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many police officers of the Royal Navy Police they estimate will be deployed in (1) 2015–16, (2) 2016–17, (3) 2017–18, (4) 2018–19, and (5) 2019–20.


Answered by
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Earl Howe
Deputy Leader of the House of Lords
This question was answered on 9th February 2016

The number of Regular personnel in the Royal Navy Police (RNP) as at 1 April 2015 was 250 Royal Navy and 50 Royal Marines. The Maritime Reserve does not have a Police branch.

The forecast of Regular personnel in the RNP is as follows:

April 2016

April 2017

April 2018

April 2019

April 2020

Royal Navy

250

250

250

250

240

Royal Marines

50

50

50

50

50

Notes:

1. Figures from April 2016 are estimates, calculated using 1 April 2015 information, of the future trained regular strength of RNP. Estimates are re-calculated annually using the latest information and therefore may change in future years.

2. All totals are rounded in accordance with the Defence Statistics rounding policy. All numbers are rounded to the nearest 10 with numbers ending in five rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid bias.

The RNP does not currently recruit from direct entrants; personnel transfer from within the Naval Service. There is a future programme to recruit from a mixture of internal moves and direct entrants; however, it is not possible at present to supply forecast figures for this.

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