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Ministry of Defence

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Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of its personnel budget for financial years (a) 2001-02, (b) 2000-01, (c) 1999-2000, (d) 1998-99 and (e) 1997-98 the Army Training and Recruiting Agency spent in Scotland in (i) monetary terms and (ii) as a percentage of the total personnel budget for that year; how many personnel were employed in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. [217966] Mr. Caplin: Both civilian and service personnel data by agency are collated annually at 1 April and presented in Table 2.6 of UK 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 indicate that in 1997 there were 130 personnel employed in Scotland, and 140 personnel from 1998 to 2002. These figures exclude any personnel employed in armed forces careers offices and Army career information offices in Scotland, for which no data are available. 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, is available on the Defence Analytical Services Agency website, www.dasa.mod.uk, and is also lodged in the Library of the House. The following table shows the personnel budget data available, showing the amount spent in Scotland in monetary terms, and as a percentage of the total personnel expenditure. Unfortunately, figures for 1997-98 are not readily available. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01 2001-02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Total _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Scotland 5,182,396 5,674,874 5,968,815 5,760,019 Total 428,893,609 455,442,962 471,740,366 510,427,591 Percentage 1.21 1.25 1.27 1.13 Military Scotland 4,116,831 4,505,901 4,758,944 4,575,438 Total 350,039,005 376,293,991 389,471,076 421,851,608 Percentage 1.18 1.20 1.22 1.08 Civilian Scotland 1,065,565 1,168,974 1,204,555 1,184,581 Total 78,854,604 79,148,971 82,256,959 88,575,983 Percentage 1.35 1.48 1.46 1.34 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c1739W;432 c1734-5W; 217966

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Executive agencies Expenditure Staff Scotland Army Training and Recruiting Agency Defence agencies

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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