Question NW1346 to the Minister of Police
24 August 2017 - NW1346
Mbabama, Ms TM to ask the Minister of Police
(a) What is the total number of members of the SA Police Service who were deployed at Parliament during the State of the Nation Address in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017, (b) of the specified members, how many were deployed (i) in the National Assembly Chamber and (ii) elsewhere inside the Parliamentary precinct and (c) from which units were they drawn?
Reply:
(a)(i) 373.
(a)(ii) 495.
(a)(iii) 504.
(b)(i) 24. 2015
(b)(ii) 349.
(b)(i) 57. 2016
(b)(ii) 438.
(b)(i) 60. 2017
(b)(ii) 444.
(c) Members were drawn from the Division: Protection and Security Services (PSS) Head Office, PSS Eastern Cape, PSS KwaZulu-Natal, PSS Northern Cape and PSS Mpumalanga, Parliament and the Rondebosch Police Station, Western Cape.