§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many police officers were deployed at Faslane on(a) 8, (b) 11, (c) 12 and (d) 13 February; and how many MOD Police officers have been deployed at the Faslane base in each of the last 12 months. [37256]
§ Dr. MoonieI am withholding details of the number of Ministry of Defence Police officers deployed at HMNB Clyde in accordance with Exemption 1 (defence, security and international relations) of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information. I can confirm, however, that additional MDP officers were deployed on 11, 12 and 13 February 2002 at HMNB Clyde in response to planned demonstrator activity.