§ Mr. KeyTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) military, (b) Civil Service and (c) civilian contractor or other personnel are employed at the National Flight Testing Centre at Boscombe Down. [118736]
§ Mr. CaplinThe Ministry of Defence aircraft test and evaluation site at Boscombe Down is operated by QinetiQ plc. MOD and QinetiQ records show that the numbers of personnel employed at the Boscombe Down site as at 11 June 2003 were as follows.
Number Military 408 Civil Servants 102 QinetiQ personnel 1,343 Other contractors 770