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Working Hours

Volume 455: debated on Thursday 11 January 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average working hours were for civilian personnel in his Department in each year since 2001. (105672)

The average number of hours worked by civilian personnel employed in the Ministry of Defence during the years from 2001 were:

Year1

Average

2001

36.2

2002

36.0

2003

36.0

2004

35.9

2005

36.1

2006

36.1

1A snapshot of the first week in March each year has been taken because of the way historic records are maintained. Notes:1. Hours shown are net (excluding meal breaks for staff on gross conditioned hours) and include basic net hours plus overtime and any other additional working hours 2.Staff employed in MOD's trading funds have been excluded. 3. Includes part-time staff as whole numbers. In 2006, the number of part-time staff amounted to 6,340 but it has not been possible in the timescale to provide separate numbers for all years.