§ Mr. Keith SimpsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of his Department's(a) military and (b) civilian personnel are dedicated to working on doctrine. [84526]
§ Mr. IngramAcross the Ministry of Defence there are four organisations whose responsibilities include leading on the development and production of Joint or single-Service doctrine. These are:
- The Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre
- The Maritime Warfare Centre
- The Directorate General of Development and Doctrine
- The Air Warfare Centre
Within each of these organisations a number of personnel are dedicated to working on doctrine. (We have taken dedicated to mean their primary or full time role). The figures for each organisation are:
- The Joint Doctrine and Concepts Centre: 11 military, 7 civilian
- The Maritime Warfare Centre: 2 military
- The Directorate General of Development and Doctrine: 7 military, 5 civilian
- The Air Warfare Centre: 2 military, 1 civilian.
Additionally, the Joint Services Command and Staff College has one military officer established for doctrine work.
Within the Army, some doctrine work is carried out at a lower level, and each of the nine Arms and Services Directorates has one retired officer and one civilian clerk established for doctrine work, i.e. 18 staff.
This gives a total of 23 military and 31 civilians.