§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many jobs under the remit of his Department in(a) the core department, (b) arms of the armed forces and their support staff, (c) non-departmental public bodies, (d) executive agencies and (e) independent statutory bodies, organisations and bodies financially sponsored by his Department and other such organisations, are located in (i) Scotland, (ii) England, excluding Greater London, (iii) Greater London, (iv) Wales, (v) Northern Ireland and (vi) overseas, broken down by (A) whole time equivalent jobs and (B) the percentage per individual department, body or organisation. [72742]
§ Dr. Moonie[holding answer 24 July 2002]: The available information is given in the table below:
was contributed in (a) 2000–01 and (b) 2001–02 to the costs of childcare schemes by (i) the Ministry of Defence and (ii) the Civil Service Modernisation Fund. [50341]
§ Dr. MoonieThe information regarding the Ministry of Defence's contribution towards the costs of childcare schemes is not held centrally and could only be provided 143W at disproportionate cost. I regret I am therefore unable to provide a substantive answer under the terms of Exemption 9 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.
The Ministry of Defence has allocated some £900,000 of its Civil Service Modernisation Fund diversity grant to childcare related projects: £150,000 in 2000–2001 and £750,000 in 2001–2002.