§ Angus RobertsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many(a) service personnel of officer rank, (b) service personnel of other ranks, (c) industrial civilian personnel and (d) non-industrial civilian personnel were employed by (i) the United Kingdom Defence Standardisation team in each year since its inception and (ii) the Directorate of Standardisation in each year from its inception to its re-organisation in 1999; how many of these were employed in Scotland; what the total manning costs were for each category in each year; what the manning costs were for Scotland in each year; and if he will make a statement. [128037]
§ Mr. CaplinThe Directorate of Standardisation (DStan) was formed in the mid 1960s and since then has gone through a number of reorganisations and change of location. As a consequence many of the historical records no longer exist.
What is known is that in 1978 the complement was 121 Civilian non-industrial staff and 2 Service personnel of officer rank, all working in London. Since then there has not been any industrial or non-officer service personnel within the organisation.
In August 1983 the majority of DStan staff (83) were dispersed to Glasgow (Montrose House) with 8 posts remaining in London. In late 1986 DStan moved to the newly opened Kentigern House in Glasgow and a further three posts were transferred to Glasgow. In the years from 1996 to 2003, the total number of Dstan staff has varied between 35 and 40, between 30 and 33 of whom have worked in Scotland. More detailed, though not exhaustive, records are available from 1989 and are summarised in the following table. 346W
Year Total Staff Scotland Elsewhere Non Industrial Service Approximate Costs (£ million) Scotland/Total 1989 78 73 5 77 1 Not known 1990 78 73 5 77 1 Not known 1991 76 73 3 75 1 Not known 1992 57 54 3 56 1 Not known 1993 52 51 1 52 0 Not known 1994 50 48 2 50 0 Not known 1995 51 49 2 51 0 Not known 1996 35 33 2 35 0 Not known 1997 35 30 5 35 0 0.70/0.82 1998 36 31 5 36 0 0.85/0.99 1999 36 31 5 36 0 0.90/1.04 2000 38 31 7 38 0 0.89/1.09 2001 38 31 7 38 0 0.95/1.16 2002 38 32 6 38 0 0.99/1.18 2003 40 33 7 39 1 1.13/1.37