Ministry of Defence Police (Hansard, 13 March 1997)

§ Mr. Soames

This is a matter for the chief constable/chief executive of the Ministry of Defence Police agency. I have asked the chief constable/chief executive to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from Michael Smallwood to Mrs. Gwyneth Dunwoody, dated 13 March 1997I am replying to your Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence about morale in the Ministry of Defence Police, on behalf of the Chief Constable/Chief Executive of the Ministry of Defence Police Agency, as this falls into his area of responsibility. The Chief Constable/Chief Executive is away from the office at present. Although the Ministry of Defence Police Staff Care Survey 1997 does not specifically use the term morale, the responses to the Job Satisfaction questions (Section I) will provide an indication of morale in the Force. I attach a copy of the survey questionnaire for your information, from which you will see that management and staff representatives worked closely together to formulate the questionnaire. The Chief Constable/Chief Executive has no immediate plans to carry out specific studies into morale in the Ministry of Defence Police. In addition, two recent surveys of customer and public satisfaction have recorded satisfaction ratings of 86% and 91% respectively. These ratings are not considered indicative of low morale. A copy of the Ministry of Defence Police Staff Care Survey 1997 is being placed in the Library of the House.