HC Deb 07 July 1998 vol 315 c449W
Mr. Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1 May 1997 and 31 March 1998. [48878]

Mr. Spellar

The information requested is given in the following table.

Full time equivalent
1 May 19972 1 April 1998
Permanent Staff
All MOD 109,076 104,163
Agencies1 62,341 59,526
Other MOD 46,735 44,637
Casual Staff
All MOD 3,344 2,154
Agencies1 1,356 1,131
Other MOD 1,988 1,023
1Agency numbers include staff working in Trading Funds
2The 1 May 1997 breakdowns between agencies and other MOD have been estimated