HC Deb 29 October 2003 vol 412 cc228-9W
Mr. Hancock

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 11 September 2003,Official Report, column 375W, on military police, when the last formal inspection by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary into the MOD police investigation branch and CID was carried out; and if he will give a copy of the report to the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South. [132489]

Mr. Caplin

The last formal inspection of the Ministry of Defence Police (MDP) by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) took place in late 2001-early 2002. The inspection process included the work of the MDP Criminal Investigation Department. The report was published in April 2002.

I will send the hon. Member a copy of the HMIC Report and place a copy in the Library of the House.