§ Chris RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) military personnel and (b) civil servants there are in his Department, broken down by region. [87152]
§ Dr. MoonieThe available information is given in table 1 below showing the position for the United Kingdom Regular Forces as at April 2002. For consistency table 2 shows Civilian Personnel as at April 2002 and in addition the latest information as at October 2002.
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Table 1 UK regular forces2 by country and Government office region (GOR) as at April 2002 (all services) Number United Kingdom 171,340 By Government Office Region England 141,720 North East 1,310 North West 1,520 Yorkshire and the Humber 13,760 East Midlands 7,510 West Midlands 6,710 Eastern 18,460 London 6,670 South East 49,990 South West 35,790 Wales 2,290 Scotland 14,250 Northern Ireland4 7,660 Unknowns4 5,420 Notes: 1 All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10. 2 Figures are for UK Regular Forces, both trained and untrained, located in the UK. They therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full-time Reserve Service personnel, the Home Service battalions of the Royal Regiment and mobilised reservists. 2,291 Gurkhas deployed in the United Kingdom at 1 April 2002. 1,986 Full-time Reserve Service Personnel at 1 April 2002. 3,645 Personnel in the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment at 1 April 2002. 3 Naval Service personnel on sea service are included against the local authority containing the home port of their ship. 4The detailed figures have been compiled from unit statistics related to unit postcodes. For some units postcode information is either unavailable or inappropriate. These units include personnel who are known to be in Northern Ireland, so these have been added to the Northern Ireland total. The others are in the `Unknowns' row.