§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a table showing the number of civilians employed at his Department's bases in the United Kingdom for each of the past seven years.
§ Mr. LeeThe number of civilians employed by the Ministry of Defence, including United Kingdom based and serving in the United Kingdom; United Kingdom based but serving overseas; and locally engaged overseas, is published in the statistical volume of the annual defence White Paper. The information requested which excludes United Kingdom based staff serving overseas and locally engaged staff is as follows:
Ministry of Defence Civilian Staff Thousands Financial Year 1 April 1980–81 233.6 1981–82 223.7 1982–83 211.2 1983–84 203.2 1984–85 193.7 *1985–86 168.6 1986–87 †l64.8 * Excludes ROFs after transfer to independent Companies Act status on 2 January 1985. † Estimate.
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilian employees at his Department's bases in the United Kingdom were made redundant last year; and what was the total redundancy payment made to these people.
§ Mr. LeeThe total number of staff made redundant in the Ministry of Defence during the period 1 January—31 December 1985 was 550. I am unable to provide exact details of the costs of these redundancies as some provisional payments are still to be finalised. However, the estimated cost is £2,805,682.