§ Mr. HancockTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people are currently employed by the RAF Training Group Defence Agency; what was the figure at its inception; on what date the RAF Training Group Defence Agency published its report for 1997–98; and what was the cost of production of the report. [76878]
§ Mr. Doug HendersonThis is a matter for the Chief Executive of the Royal Air Force Training Group Defence Agency. I have asked the Chief Executive to write to the hon. Member.
807WLetter from A. J. Stables to Mr. Mike Hancock, dated 18 March 1999:
I am replying to your Question to the Minister of State for the Armed Forces about the number of people employed by the Royal Air Force Training Group Defence Agency and production of the Agency's Annual Report and Accounts, as these matters fall within my responsibility as Chief Executive of the Agency.Data relating to staff numbers is collated on a quarterly basis, and the latest available figures are those for 31 December 1998. At this time the Agency employed 5,759 permanent staff of whom 3,572 were military personnel and 2,187 civilian staff. The Agency was formed on 1 April 1994 and during the first financial year of its operation the average number of permanent employees was 8,309 (6,035 military and 2,274 civilian).I signed the Agency's annual report for 1997/98 in June 1998 and it was placed in the Library of the House on 14 July 1998. The direct cost of its production was just under £17,000.