HC Deb 03 July 2003 vol 408 cc447-8W
Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people work for the International Visits Control Office; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of the agency are; and how these figures compare to 2002. [119275]

Mr. Caplin

The International Visits Control Office is part of the Defence Procurement Agency, having transferred from the Directorate of Defence Security on 1 April 2003. It is currently based in London, but will transfer to Abbey Wood, Bristol by the end of 2003. It has no staff employed in Scotland. The office has a complement of nine staff, with annual personnel costs of approximately £177,000 compared to £189,000 for the previous year.

Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people work for the Defence Estates; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of the agency are; and how these figures compare to 2002. [119287]

Mr. Caplin

At 31 March 2003 Defence Estates employed 1,785 people, of which 112 were in Scotland. At 31 March 2002 it employed 1,539 people of which 107 were in Scotland. The Agency's expenditure on pay and allowances totalled £51 million in 2002–03 and £46 million in 2001–02.

Angus Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people work for the Directorate of Standardisation; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of the agency are; and how these figures compare to 2002. [119299]

Mr. Caplin

In 1999 the Directorate of Standardisation became the United Kingdom Defence Standardisation team and part of the Defence Procurement Agency's Procurement Development Group. The UK Defence Standardisation team has the equivalent of 38 people working full time of which 33 are employed in Scotland. The payroll costs for financial year 2003–04 will be £1.2 million. The figures for 2002–03 were 38, 32 and £1.1 million respectively.