MOD Guard Service

HC Deb 29 April 2002 vol 384 c528W

36. Andrew Selous

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of the MOD Guard Service. [50977]

Dr. Moonie

The Ministry of Defence is committed to its in-house guard force, which has provided first class unarmed protection to the Defence Estate for almost 10 years. The organisation of the MGS has recently been reviewed, and it has been decided, subject to consultation with the trade unions, to move to a centralised structure, under the direction of the Chief Constable, MOD Police, so as to provide a more efficient and effective unarmed guarding service.