§ Mr. YeoTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff the Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which the Department is responsible had in each year since 1997; and what the cost of those staff was in each of those years. [122259]
§ Mr. CaplinWhilst it is possible to provide the overall civilian manpower numbers and associated costs for the Department for the years 1999–2000 to 2001–02, as this information is included in the Consolidated Departmental Resource Accounts, the figures for 2002–03 will not be available until the autumn of this year. In addition, the cost figures for 1997–98 and 1998–99, i.e. prior to the introduction of Resource Accounting, are not available. The Appropriation Accounts published at the time did not break expenditure down to this level. Those figures available are included at Table 1.
The staff numbers for non-departmental public bodies and defence agencies are attached at Tables 2 and 3 respectively. However, the associated costs are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. 943W
Ministry of Defence agency manpower 1997–2000 (figures for 2002–03 not yet available 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 Defence dental agency 110 140 150 170 — 160 Defence estates 1,170 1,110 1,190 1,210 1,330 1,360 Defence science and technology laboratories — — — — — 2,830 Defence geographical and imagery intelligence agency — — — 840 750 690 Defence housing executive — — 980 950 970 940 Defence intelligence and security centre 100 140 140 140 130 140 Defence medical training organisation — — 160 160 170 170 Defence procurement agency — — 4,940 3,930 3,760 3,730 Defence secondary care agency 590 690 770 720 710 590 Defence storage and distribution agency — — 3,070 3,260 3,040 2,750 Defence transport and movements agency 140 150 170 210 310 310 Defence vetting agency 50 340 340 360 340 260 Disposal sales agency 60 60 60 80 80 80 Duke of Yorks royal military school 100 100 100 100 100 110 Medical supply agency 220 230 240 250 — — Meteorological office 2,090 2,140 2,000 2,240 2,090 2,090 Ministry of defence police 3,730 3,590 3,510 3,450 3,330 3,260 Naval manning agency 90 100 90 100 110 110 Naval bases and supplies agency 9,170 7,820 7,790 7,620 5,840 — Naval recruiting and training agency 1,580 1500 1,190 1,190 1,080 1,000 Pay and personnel agency 900 850 680 630 650 660 Queen Victoria school 70 70 70 70 70 70 RAF personnel management agency 210 220 230 220 240 240 RAF training group defence agency 2,130 2,160 2,090 2,070 2,030 2,050 Service children's education 750 710 720 710 710 730 UK hydrographic office — 750 760 830 840 880 Veteran's agency — — — — 840 880 Warship support agency — — — — 2,430 7,680 Total 33,510 32,180 44,290 46,560 48,710 49,480 Notes:
Excludes Royal Fleet Auxiliaries and locally engaged personnel.
Figures for the Defence dental agency not available for 2001, and Medical Supply agency not available for 2001, 2002.
Source:
DASA Civilian