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Departmental Manpower

Volume 496: debated on Monday 20 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) regular military, (b) Territorial Army and other part-time military and (c) civilian personnel were employed by his Department in (i) total, (ii) Yorkshire and the Humber, (iii) North Yorkshire and (iv) City of York in each year since 1997. (285733)

Regular military strength breakdown by Government office region prior to 2002, local authority level breakdown of MOD Civilians prior to 2006 and stationed location of Volunteer Reserve personnel are not held centrally and cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost.

The following table shows the total Regular Service, Civilian and Volunteer Reserve Force Strengths. Civilian strength is reported as full-time equivalents (FTE) and includes MOD permanent and casual personnel, trading funds, royal fleet auxiliaries and locally engaged civilians.

Volunteer reserve force

Regular military personnel1

Naval reserves2

Territorial army3

Royal auxiliary air force

MOD civilian personnel

1997

210,820

4,260

n/a

2,020

133,330

1998

210,140

4,440

n/a

2,490

126,290

1999

208,640

4,520

n/a

2,620

123,010

2000

207,610

4,820

n/a

2,740

121,290

2001

205,650

4,830

n/a

2,570

118,170

2002

204,680

4,980

n/a

2,590

110,090

2003

206,910

4,910

n/a

2,580

107,580

2004

207,020

4,480

38,320

2,580

109,050

2005

201,100

4,360

37,260

2,450

108,470

2006

195,850

n/a

38,460

2,300

103,380

20074

190,400

3,680

36,790

p2,160

97,690

20085

187,060

3,590

p35,020

p2,200

89,500

20096

188,370

n/a

p35,350

n/a

86,620

The following table shows the strength of regular military and civilian personnel in Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region (GOR). Civilian strength is reported in full-time equivalent (FTE) for MOD permanent and casual personnel only. GOR breakdown excludes trading funds, royal fleet auxiliaries and locally engaged civilians.

Regular military personnel1

MOD civilian personnel

2001

n/a

2,880

2002

13,760

2,840

20037

n/a

3,400

20047

n/a

3,770

2005

13,830

3,790

2006

13,040

3,700

2007

13,790

3,590

2008

13,530

3,560

2009

14,730

3,640

The following table shows the strength of regular military and civilian personnel in North Yorkshire. Civilian strength is reported in full-time equivalent (FTE) for MOD permanent and casual personnel only. Local authority level breakdown excludes trading funds, royal fleet auxiliaries and locally engaged civilians.

Regular military personne1

MOD civilian personnel

2002

12,000

n/a

20037

n/a

n/a

20047

n/a

n/a

2005

12,690

n/a

2006

11,880

2,000

2007

12,540

1,980

2008

12,140

1,950

2009

13,310

1,930

The following table shows the strength of regular military and civilian personnel in City of York. Civilian strength is reported in full-time equivalent (FTE) for MOD permanent and casual personnel only. Local authority level breakdown excludes trading funds, royal fleet auxiliaries and locally engaged civilians.

Regular military personnel1

MOD civilian personnel

2002

640

n/a

20037

n/a

n/a

20047

n/a

n/a

2005

730

n/a

2006

710

760

2007

800

650

2008

840

650

2009

880

680

n/a = not available

p = provisional

1 UK Regular forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, full-time Reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded.

2 Includes the Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Marine Reserve.

3 Territorial Army data prior to 2004 are not available.

4 2007 Territorial Army data are as at 1 March.

5 2008 Territorial Army data are as at 1 June.

6 Data on Naval Reserves and Royal Auxiliary Air Force at 1 April 2009 are due to be published in September 2009

7 2003-04 Regular military stationed location figures are not available because of concerns over data quality.

Note:

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilian staff his Department (a) employed in each of the last three years, (b) employs and (c) plans to employ in each of the next three years. (287199)

Table 1 comprises the total number of Full-Time Equivalent (FTE) civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence at each 1 April point since 2006.

Table 1: Total civilian personnel strengths

FTE

Civilian Level 1

Civilian Level 0

April 2006

78,140

103,380

April 2007

73,780

97,690

April 2008

69,050

89,500

April 2009

66,440

86,620

Notes:

1. Civilian Level 1 includes all permanent and casual civilian personnel and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, but excludes Trading Funds and Locally Engaged Civilians.

2. Civilian Level 0 contains all those at Level 1 plus Trading Funds and Locally Engaged Civilians.

3. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in “5” have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.

4. Full time equivalence counts part time staff by the number of hours they work as a proportion of their full time conditioned hours.

Source:

DASA (Quad-Service).

The projected numbers of civilian staff employed across MOD for the remainder of this Spending Review period ending April 2011 are set out in Table 2.

Table 2: Current Level 0 FTE projections

Civilian Level 0 (FTE)

1 April 2010 (projected)

184,000

1 April 2011 (projected)

181,500

1 Provisional

Source:

Stat Mann.

Data provided are provisional and subject to review. As the Department develops more mature plans for the delivery of the required input savings and outsourcing then these figures will be subject to change.