§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence what have been the salary costs of Ministry of Defence civilian personnel in each of the past four years; and what are the projected costs over the next four years. [76355]
§ Dr. MoonieThe amount spent by the Ministry of Defence on the salary costs of civilian personnel over the past four years is (in outturn prices):
£ million 1998–99 2,224 1999–2000 2,259 2000–01 2,267 2002–03 2,246 The latest forecast for civilian salary costs for 2002–03 is £2,328 million.
Decisions on the allocation of the defence budget over the following four years will be made in the normal way through the MOD's annual planning process. I am therefore withholding this information under Exemption 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.