HC Deb 28 October 1999 vol 336 cc950-2W
Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff are employed in Scotland by executive agencies responsible to his Department in total; and where those staff are located. [95278]

Mr. Kilfoyle

[holding answer 26 October 1999]: As at 1 July 1998, there were 8,448 staff employed in Scotland by executive agencies responsible to the Secretary of State for Defence, as detailed in the table. This is the last year for which figures are available. The MOD has since restructured and a number of the Agencies mentioned in the table have ceased to exist and other new Agencies have been created.

Scotland
Total Service Civilian
Total 8,448 2,288 6,160
Meteorological Office 165 165
RAF Maintenance Group Defence Agency 3 3
Queen Victoria School 67 67
Defence Postal and Courier Service 6 6
Army Base Repair Organisation 147 147
Defence Secondary Care Agency 1 1
Ministry of Defence Police 860 860
Naval Recruiting and Training Agency 156 143 13
RAF Training Group Defence Agency 81 42 39
Army Training and Recruiting Agency 1,023 912 111
Defence Communications Services Agency 75 55 20
Scotland
Total Service Civilian
Defence Estates Organisation 71 71
Naval Bases and Supply Agency 4,016 840 3,176
RAF Logistics Support Services 5 5
RAF Signals Engineering Establishment 59 59
Disposal Sales Agency 3 3
Defence Clothing and Textile Agency 2 2
Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency 34 34
Defence Dental Agency 55 48 7
Medical Supply Agency 7 7
Defence Codification Agency 107 107
Army Personnel Centre 1,256 227 1,029
Ships Support Agency 171 15 156
Defence Vetting Agency 7 7
Specialist Procurement Services 71 71

Notes:

  1. 1. The data cover UK regular forces and UK based permanent civilian personnel counted in official Ministry of Defence civil service figures. Civilian figures are full-time equivalents, where part time staff are counted in proportion to the hours worked.
  2. 2. The data exclude all Defence Evaluation and Research Agency Staff and the UK Hydrographic Office, on whom reliable data is not available on the same basis.

It would not be possible to give the location of each member of staff without disproportionate cost. However the locations of the Agencies which employ the majority of staff in Scotland are as follows:

  • Queen Victoria School—Dunblane, Perthshire;
  • Army Base Repair Organisation—Forthside, Stirling;
  • Defence Codification Agency—Glasgow;
  • Army Personnel Centre—Glasgow;
  • Army Training and Recruiting Agency—Glencourse;
  • Ship Support Agency—Rosyth;
  • Naval Recruiting and Training Agency—Rosyth and Greenock;
  • Naval Bases and Supplies Agency—approximately 2,800 of the 4,016 staff employed in Scotland by the Naval Bases and Supplies Agency are based at Faslane, with the remainder located at a number of different sites throughout Scotland;
  • Staff employed by the Meterological Office and the MOD Police are located in a number of different sites throughout Scotland.

Mrs. Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will state for each of the executive agencies responsible to his Department, the(a) total number of staff employed and (b) wage costs in (i) England and (ii) Scotland in the last year for which figures are available. [95279]

Mr. Kilfoyle

[holding answer 26 October 1999]: The table gives details of the number of staff employed by each of the agencies responsible to the Secretary of State for Defence, in England and Scotland as of 1 July 1998, which is the last year for which figures are available. However, the MOD has since restructured and a number of the Agencies mentioned have ceased to exist, while other new Agencies have been created.

England Scotland
Total 73,297 8,448
Meteorological Office 1,771 165
Military Survey 1,001
RAF Maintenance Group Defence Agency 1,563 3
Service Childrens Education 10
Duke of Yorks Royal Military School 99
Queen Victoria School 67
Defence Analytical Services Agency 115
Defence Postal and Courier Service 507 6
England Scotland
Army Base Repair Organisation 2,427 147
Defence Animal Centre 171
Defence Secondary Care Agency 2,118 1
Ministry of Defence Police 2,666 860
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre 472
Naval Recruiting and Training Agency 4,288 156
RAF Training Group Defence Agency 8,683 81
Army Training and Recruiting Agency 24,236 1,023
Logistic Information Systems Agency 225
Defence Communications Services Agency 1,237 75
Defence Estates Organisation 969 71
Naval Bases and Supply Agency 5,688 4,016
RAF Logistics Support Services 888 5
RAF Signals Engineering Establishment 841 59
Disposal Sales Agency 27 3
Defence Clothing and Textile Agency 377 2
Army Base Storage and Distribution Agency 3,620 34
Defence Transport and Movements Executive 182
Army Technical Support Agency 1,066
Defence Dental Agency 644 55
Medical Supply Agency 250 7
Pay and Personnel Agency 811
Defence Bills Agency 668
Defence Codification Agency 1 107
Naval Manning Agency 275
Defence Intelligence and Security Centre 522
Anny Personnel Centre 25 1,256
Ships Support Agency 2,510 171
RAF Personnel Management Agency 437
Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency 285
Defence Vetting Agency 324 7
Medical Training Organisation 575
Specialist Procurement Service 723 71

Notes:

  1. 1. The data cover UK regular forces and UK based permanent civilian personnel counted in official Ministry of Defence civil service figures. Civilian figures are full-time equivalents where part-time staff are counted in proportion to the hours worked.
  2. 2. The data exclude all Defence Evaluation and Research Agency staff and the UK Hydrographic Office staff, for whom reliable data are not available on the same basis.

It would not be possible to give the wage costs for each Agency without disproportionate cost.