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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of its personnel budget for each financial year since 1997-98 the Naval Manning Agency spent in Scotland (a) in monetary terms and (b) as a percentage of the total personnel budget for that year; how many personnel were employed in Scotland in each case; and if he will make a statement. [215433] Mr. Caplin: Both Civilian and Service personnel data by Agency are collated annually at 1 April and presented in Table 2.6 of the United Kingdom Defence Statistics, a copy of which is held in the Library of the House. Further information on personnel figures is available on the DASA website at www.dasa.mod.uk The number of Service personnel employed by Agency and location is not collated centrally. However, locally held records were available and have been included in the following table. A table showing numbers of Civilian personnel by MOD Agency, for the Agency as a total and those employed in Scotland specifically, for the period 1 April 1997 to 1 January 2005, has also been published on the Defence Analytical Services Agency website, www.dasa.mod.uk, and is also lodged in the Library of the House. However, no civilian staff were employed in Scotland by the Naval Manning Agency. The information asked for is shown in the following table. The NMA ceased to be an agency on 31 March 2004. Personnel employed in Scotland by the Naval Manning Agency from April 1997 to March 2004 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Monetary value (£ million) Number Percentage of total spend on Naval Manning Agency personnel 1997-98 0 0 0 1998-99 0 0 0 1999-2000 0 0 0 2000-01 0.067 less than 5 0.59 2001-02 0.085 less than 5 0.66 2002-03 0.097 less than 5 0.69 2003-04 0.105 less than 5 0.74 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1107W; 215433

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Executive agencies Expenditure Staff Scotland Defence agencies Naval Manning Agency

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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