§ Mr. Stokesasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many civil servants are employed in the Ministry of Defence; what is the total number of sailors, soldiers and airmen serving in the Armed Forces; and if he will give the percentage of civil servants employed to the total of those serving in the forces.
§ Dr. GilbertThe number of civil servants and Service personnel currently employed by this Department, including those in the Royal Ordnance factories, is 306,000 and 342,000 respectively. The ratio of civil servants employed to the total number of Service men is 89.5 per cent. I would also refer the hon. Member to Annex B of the 1976 Statement on the Defence Estimates which sets out the relative numbers of civilians and Service men employed in the varying field of Defence activity.