Departmental Manpower Hugh Bayley 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. Mr. Kevan Jones 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |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 availablep = provisional1 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 20097 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.| | | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mr. Hancock 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. Mr. Kevan Jones 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |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. ------------------------------------------------------- | |Civilian Level 0 (FTE)| ------------------------------------------------------- |1 April 2010 (projected) |184,000 | ------------------------------------------------------- |1 April 2011 (projected) |181,500 | ------------------------------------------------------- |1 ProvisionalSource: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.