§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will state for the most recent year the number of(a) civilian, including agency staff and (b) service personnel based in (i) each region or nation of the UK and (ii) on service overseas broken down by location; and if he will make a statement. [5704]
§ Mr. IngramThe estimated number of civilian and UK Regular forces personnel in each Government office region of the UK, at 1 July 2000, is as follows:
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Service1 Civilian2 Total United Kingdom 170,295 94,692 264,986 England 143,039 75,344 218,382 Wales 3,223 4,919 8,142 Scotland 15,080 9,329 24,409 Northern Ireland 8,387 3,195 11,582 Unknown 566 1,905 2,471 England3 North East 1,421 484 1,905 North West 1,904 2,106 4,010 Yorkshire and the Humber 13,055 2,904 15,959 East Midlands 8,812 2,588 11,400 West Midlands 6,720 7,969 14,689 East of England 17,309 6,347 23,656 London 6,428 7,165 13,593 South East 49,620 23,360 72,980 South West 37,770 22,420 60,190 1 Service figures are for UK Regular forces only so they exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service personnel, Mobilised Reservists and the Home Service battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment. Royal Navy and Royal Marines personnel on board ships in home waters are included in the region of their ship's home port. The figures estimating the service personnel in each Government office region are obtained from a different source from that used to obtain the number of personnel in overseas regions. Consequently, the sum of these two groups does not match the total number of UK Regular forces. 2 Comprises UK based permanent civilian personnel counted on a full time equivalence basis Due to rounding, totals may not match the sum of their constituent parts. 3 By Government office region. The number of civilian and UK Regular forces personnel abroad, at 1 April 2001, is as follows:
Service Civilian Total Overseas region 38,898 4,317 43,215 Continental Europe 26,717 1,304 28,021 Gibraltar 485 58 543 Cyprus 3,659 279 3,938 Elsewhere in Mediterranean, Near East and Gulf 1,864 33 1.897 Far East 301 20 321 Other locations 5.872 2,623 8.495 Notes:
1. Includes service personnel who are on loan to countries in the areas shown and Naval service and civilian personnel at sea.
2. All defence attaches and advisers and their staff are included under "other locations" and not identified within specific areas.