HC Deb 30 March 1999 vol 328 cc562-3W
Mr. Key

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with whom he has entered into agreements or contracts or signed memorandums of understanding which extend to Ministry of Defence police officers the powers and privileges of constables(a) on land in respect of which he has agreed to provide the services of the Ministry of Defence police under notices published in the London, Belfast and Edinburgh Gazette and (b) in relation to matters connected with anything done for the purposes of the Ministry of Defence or the Defence Council. [75276]

Mr. Doug Henderson

The Secretary of State for Defence has agreed to provide the services of the Ministry of Defence Police to:

  1. (a) the Royal Mint, Llantrisant, concerning which a notice was placed in the London Gazette on 5 May 1987;
  2. (b) Devonport Dockyard, concerning which a notice was placed in the London Gazette on 3 March 1997;
  3. (c) Rosyth Dockyard, concerning which a notice was placed in the Edinburgh Gazette on 28 January 1997.

The Secretary of State does not have to enter into an agreement for members of the MOD Police to have the powers and privileges of constables in relation to matters connected with anything done under a contract entered into by him for the purposes of his Department or the Defence Council: jurisdiction is conferred by section 2(2) or section 2(3) of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987.