HC Deb 10 May 2004 vol 421 c126W
Miss McIntosh

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when he expects details of numbers of service and civilian personnel in the Vale of York for July 2003 to become available; [170000]

(2) how many service personnel were serving in the Vale of York on 27 April. [170001]

Mr. Caplin

Service personnel data by local authority is published in Tri-Service Publication (TSP) 10. Currently the Defence Analytical Services Agency are reviewing the source data and process by which location statistics are produced so data from TSPIO as at 1 July 2002 is the latest available. An investigation into the viability of the inclusion of Parliamentary Constituency data will be conducted as part of the review. The target date for completion of the review is December 2004.

The number of civilian personnel working for the Ministry of Defence as at 1 July 2003 in Yorkshire and the Humber was 3,080. The latest available figure is 3,160 as at 1 March 2004.

The numbers are for permanent, full-time equivalent staff, non-industrial and industrial, including Trading Funds and excluding those on career breaks, long term sick leave, secondment etc. Reliable data are not available as follows:

Government Office Region level.