§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of his Department's employees by UK region, indicating the wage bill(a) in total and (b) by region in the last year for which figures are available and separately identifying the costs of London allowances and weightings. [30070]
§ Mr. Spellar[holding answer 18 February 1998]: The following is a breakdown of Ministry of Defence Civilian Personnel by region as at 1 January 1998:
Region Number of staff London 10,189 South East 24,760 Eastern 6,736 South West 24,098 West Midlands 8,471 East Midlands 2,819 Yorkshire and Humberside 3,265 Merseyside 969 North West 1,653 North East 600 Wales 5,165 Scotland 10,203 Northern Ireland 3,264 Other locations1 7,752 Total 109,944 1 Including UK-based staff overseas and at sea. Note:
The figures include full-time, part-time and casual staff.
The Department does not hold the information requested on the wage bill by Regions and this could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Figures for civilian staff are available for London and National areas, for the financial year 1996–97 and are as follows:
£ Gross salaries London element London 371,586,880 17,735,370 National 1,628,929,789 Nil