§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many MOD(a) civilian and (b) service jobs there were at each (i) Navy, (ii) Army, (iii) Royal Air Force and (iv) Reserves defence installation in Scotland for the year ended 1 April; and if he will make a statement. [142031]
§ Mr. CaplinReliable data are not available for civilians at individual defence installations. There were 6,510 civilian staff employed in Scotland as at 1 April 273W 2003 (rounded to the nearest 10). This figure is for full-time equivalent, permanent, industrial and non-industrial staff, excluding Trading Funds, Royal Fleet Auxiliaries and those on career breaks, long term sick leave, secondments etc.
Information on service personnel by establishment is not held centrally. The numbers of service personnel in Scotland, by local authority area, as at 1 July 2002 are given as follows.
All services
Naval Service
Army RAF Scotland 13,870 4,890 3,040 5,950 City of Aberdeen 10 1— 10 1— Aberdeenshire 340 0 0 340 Angus 790 700 90 1— Argyll and Bute 3,930 3,930 0 1— City of Dundee 50 10 40 1— City of Edinburgh 1,420 0 1,400 20 Falkirk 1— 0 1— 0 Fife 1,380 130 30 1,220 City of Glasgow 860 20 830 10 Highland 530 1— 520 10 Inverclyde 10 10 0 0 Midlothian 70 0 70 0 Moray 4,280 0 1— 4,280 North Ayrshire 1— 0 1— 1— Perthshire and Kinross 20 0 20 0 Renfrewshire 10 0 1— 1— Shetland Islands 30 0 0 30 South Ayrshire 90 90 1— 0 Stirling 10 0 10 0 West Lothian 1— 0 1— 0 Cornhaire nan Eilean Siar 20 0 10 20 1 Denotes less than five. Notes:
1. Data are obtained from TSP 10, which contains figures 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 Irish Regiment and mobilized reservists.
2. Naval Service personnel on sea service are included against the local authority containing the homeport of their ship.