To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people work for the Hydrographic
| 1 April 1997 | 1 April 1998 | 1 April 1999 | ||||
| Defence agency | Service | Civilian | Service | Civilian | Service | Civilian |
| Defence Analytical Services Agency | * | 115 | * | 117 | * | 103 |
| Defence Bills Agency | * | 654 | * | 677 | * | 640 |
| Defence Dental Agency | 629 | 111 | 688 | 135 | 715 | 151 |
| Defence Vetting Agency | * | 54 | * | 341 | * | 338 |
| Pay and Personnel Agency | * | 898 | * | 850 | * | 675 |
| Queen Victoria School | * | 69 | * | 68 | * | 68 |
| Grand total | 629 | 1,901 | 688 | 2,188 | 715 | 1,975 |
| 1 April 2000 | 1 April 2001 | 1 April 2002 | ||||
| Defence agency | Service | Civilian | Service | Civilian | Service | Civilian |
| Defence Analytical Services Agency | * | 120 | * | 129 | * | 145 |
| Defence Bills Agency | * | 601 | * | 585 | * | 581 |
| Defence Dental Agency | 746 | 171 | — | — | * | 158 |
| Defence Vetting Agency | * | 355 | * | 344 | * | 262 |
| Pay and Personnel Agency | * | 628 | * | 647 | * | 665 |
| Queen Victoria School | * | 69 | * | 71 | * | 70 |
| Grand total | 746 | 1,944 | * | 1,776 | * | 1,881 |
Notes:
1. Civilian figures are in respect of permanent full and part-time staff, i.e. casual staff are excluded.
2. Civilian figures include values for part-time staff proportionate to those of full-time staff.
Office; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of the agency are; and how these figures compare to 2002. [119274]
The average number of staff employed by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office during the Financial Year ended 31 March 2003 was 940 compared with 907 in the previous year. The numbers include permanent and temporary staff and Service personnel. There are four staff employed at the Chart Maintenance Unit, Faslane, this is unchanged from 2002. The increase in numbers during the year ended 31 March 2003 primarily reflects the recruitment of additional trainee chart compilation personnel in anticipation of the future retirement of significant numbers of experienced staff.The personnel costs of the agency were £28.2 million during the Financial Year ended 31 March 2003 and £26.7 million in the previous year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who the top level budget holder owner has been of each of his Department's agencies since financial year 1997£98. [119625]
I will write to the hon. Member and a copy of my letter will be placed in the Library of the House.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many full-time equivalent (a) military and (b) civilian staff were employed in the (i) Defence Analytical Services Agency in financial years 1997–98 to 2001–02, (ii) Defence Bills Agency in financial years 1997–98 to 2001–02, (iii) Defence Dental Agency in financial year 1997–98, (iv) Defence Vetting Agency in financial years 1997–98 to 2001–02, (v) Pay and Personnel Agency in financial years 1997–98 to 2001–02 and (vi) Queen Victoria School in financial years 1997–98 to 2001–02. [119626]
The requested information is shown in the following tables:
3. Service personnel figures are for UK Regular Forces and include both trained and untrained personnel. They exclude Gurkhas, full-time Reserve Service personnel, The Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment, mobilised reservists are Naval Activated Reservists.
4. Figures are individually rounded and may not sum precisely to the totals shown.
5. * not applicable.
6. — not available.