Military Police

Mr. Lancaster
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Defence Police College opened at Southwick Park; and what the cost was of establishing this facility.

Derek Twigg
[holding answer 22 February 2007]: The Defence Police College opened at Southwick Park on 15 September 2005.

The post-project evaluation records the cost of establishing the facility as £7.139 million after the first year, including financial provisions to conclude building works.