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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 Medical Supplies 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. [215436] Mr. Ingram: MSA staff costs for each year from 1997-98 to date, along with what was spent in Scotland in monetary terms and as a percentage of the total staff costs with the number of personnel employed in Scotland is shown in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Financial year MSA total staff costs (£ MDC Greenock staff costs MDC Greenock staff costs Number of staff employed million) (£ million) (percentage) MDC Greenock1 1997-98 5.170 n/a n/a 10 1998-99 5.574 n/a n/a 10 1999-2000 6.332 n/a n/a 10 2000-01 6.412 0.108 1.68 10 2001-02 6.225 0.131 2.11 10 2002-03 7.310 0.130 1.77 10 2003-04 7.596 0.125 1.65 10 2004-05 2-- 2-- 2-- 10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures have been rounded to preserve individuals' confidentiality. 2 Not yet available. Note: Medical Distribution Centre, Greenock, closed March 2005.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1736-7W;432 c1732W; 215436

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Executive agencies Expenditure Staff Scotland Defence agencies Medical Supplies Agency

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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