§ 8. Major CHRISTOPHER LOWTHERasked the Secretary of State for War how many deputy provost-marshals, assistant provost-marshals, deputy assistant provost-marshals, and other ranks military police are serving with the forces in Great Britain; and how many have been demobilised since 11thNovember?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for WAR (Mr. Churchill)With my hon. and gallant Friend's permission I will circulate in the Official Report the detailed figures of the different ranks. The totals for Great Britain and Ireland are:
| Officers. | Other Ranks. | |
| Present strength | 123 | 2,445 |
| Number demobilised since 11th November. | 45 | 1,822 |
§ The following are the detailed figures:—
| — | Great Britain. | Ireland. | |||||
| Present strength. | Number demobilised since 11th November, 1918. | Present strength. | Number demobilised since 11th November, 1918. | ||||
| Officers— | |||||||
| Deputy provost-marshals | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Assistant provost-marshals | 52 | 23 | 4 | — | |||
| Deputy assistant provost-marshals | … | … | 53 | 19 | 6 | 1 | |
| Total of Officers | … | 12 | 43 | 11 | 2 | ||
| Other ranks | … | … | … | 2,317 | 1,727 | 128 | 95 |