§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Defence what are the numbers of (a) Ministry of Defence police, (b) Royal Air Force Regiment, (c) Royal Air Force Police and (d) other British subjects who work in operational liaison with 501st Security Police Group (USAF).
§ Mr. StanleyThe only Ministry of Defence personnel that are integrated operationally with the USAF's 501st Security Police Group are certain RAF Regiment and RAF police personnel at RAF Greenham Common. As my right hon. Friend the then Secretary of State for Defence said in reply to the hon. Member for Houghton and Washington (Mr. Boyes) on 7 November 1983 we ae not prepared to discuss the numbers of personnel involved with security.
§ Mr. Ashdownasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will seek from the United States Air Force authorities guarding Greenham common, in order to place it in the Library, a copy of the year-end report of the United States Air Force 501st Security Police Group dated 5 December.
§ Mr. StanleyNo. I understand the report is an internal document of the US Air Force.