MILITARY POLICE
Sir Nicholas Soames: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many by rank of personnel there are in each (a) regiment and (b) unit of the Royal Military Police.
Mark Lancaster, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State and Minister for Defence Personnel and Veterans: The information requested is shown in the table below:
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Royal Military Police strength by posted unit and paid rank as at 1 April 2016 |
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1st Regiment Royal Military Police |
3rd Regiment Royal Military Police |
4th Regiment Royal Military Police |
Special Investigation Branch Regiment Royal Military Police |
Specialist Operations Regiment Royal Military Police |
Total |
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Total |
430 |
410 |
380 |
200 |
120 |
1,540 |
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Lieutenant Colonel |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Major |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
- |
20 |
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Captain |
10 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
- |
60 |
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Lieutenant |
10 |
10 |
10 |
- |
- |
30 |
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Warrant Officer 1 |
- |
- |
- |
10 |
- |
20 |
|
Warrant Officer 2 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
20 |
10 |
60 |
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Staff Sergeant |
30 |
20 |
20 |
30 |
20 |
120 |
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Sergeant |
50 |
50 |
40 |
50 |
20 |
210 |
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Corporal |
160 |
140 |
130 |
50 |
60 |
530 |
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Lance Corporal |
140 |
130 |
120 |
10 |
- |
400 |
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Private |
30 |
30 |
30 |
- |
- |
90 |
Source: Defence Statistics (Army)
The table above includes all Army personnel posted to Royal Military Police units regardless of their cap badge. The Military Provost Staff Regiment forms part of 1 Military Police Brigade but is not included above as it is not a Royal Military Police regiment or unit. They currently consist of 240 Army personnel.
Data is for trained and untrained Army personnel. The data provided is for Regular and Volunteer Reserve only; all other groups have been excluded.
Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.
“-” denotes zero or rounded to zero.