§ Lord MacKenzie of Culkeinasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they will list: (a) the countries outside the United Kingdom where officers of the Ministry of Defence police are currently serving; (b) the number of Ministry of Defence officers serving in each of these countries; (c) the capacity in which Ministry of Defence officers serve in each of these countries; whether there are any proposals to send Ministry of Defence police officers to any other country; and, if so, where. [HL3961]
§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Defence (Lord Bach)There are currently 68 Ministry of Defence police officers serving in Kosovo, employed in an executive policing role as part of the UK Government's commitment to the United Nations International Civil Policing Mission as part of the United Nations Mission in Kosovo; one MDP officer serving in Bosnia as a United Nations Police Monitor (UK Police Contingent); and two MDP officers are deployed to the Pitcairn Islands at the request of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. There are no current plans to deploy MDP officers to any other overseas locations.