§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff were employed as non-industrial grades and how may staff were employed as retired officer grades for each year since 1979. [28793]
§ Mr. FreemanThe information is as follows:
Year Non-industrial grades 1 April Retired officer grades 1 April 1979 114,758.0 1,922.0 1980 112,637.0 1,923.0 1981 107,675.0 1,923.0 1982 102,638.0 1,871.5 1983 100,490.0 1,846.5 1984 98,029.0 1,819.5 1985 94,943.0 1,793.5 1986 93,822.5 1,769.0 1987 93,289.5 1,687.5 1988 88,626.5 1,693.5 1989 88,709.5 1,685.5 1990 89,866.0 1,677.5 1991 90,332.5 1,718.0 1992 90,682.0 1,768.0 1993 87,884.5 1,784.0 1994 82,761.0 1,839.0 1995 79,806.0 1,882.0 From 1979 to 1994 part-timers are counted as half. However, from 1995 part-timers have been counted on the basis of the hours that they have worked.
§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what is the breakdown of(a) non-industrial staff and (b) retired officer staff by gender and by ethnic origin. [28790]
§ Mr. FreemanThe number of non-industrial staff and retired officers employed by my Department and its agencies, broken down by gender and ethnic origin, is shown in the table:
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§ Mr. McAllionTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff were employed as retired officers in the Army, Royal Navy and Royal Air Force and central areas for each of the years since 1985. [28792]
Number of retired officers by board Number: full time equivalent1 1 April 1992 1 April 1993 1 April 1994 1 April 1995 Army 1,146.5 1,151.5 1,153.5 1,185 Navy 178.5 194.5 202.5 209 RAF 289.0 284.0 293.0 300 Centre and PE 154.0 154.0 190.0 189 Total 1,768.0 1,784.0 1,839.0 1,882 1 Full-time equivalents counts part-timers as a half up to 1 April 1994 and as the proportion of conditioned hours worked from 1 April 1995. Figures for 1995 have been rounded independently and therefore the total may not equal the sum of the parts.