Parliamentary Search

Written question asked by Liam Fox (Conservative) on Wednesday, 11 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 23 February 2009. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Friday, 13 March 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Defence Intelligence Staff: Manpower

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff the Defence Intelligence Staff employed in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) civilian staff and (b) service; and what the projected numbers for the next five years are.
Answer

I refer the hon. Member to my answer on 9 February 2009, Official Report, column 1528W. I should point out that the answer contained an error for April 2007. The correct figure is provided in the following table.The breakdown of DIS staff numbers for the years since April 2006 is as follows:

2006-07 2007-08 2008
Military 2,696 2,609 2,577
Civilian 1,724 1,699 1,788
Total 4,420 4,308 4,365

The projected figures for the next five years are:

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Military 2,798 2,842 2,873 2,860 2,860
Civilian 1,874 1,880 1,823 1,820 1,820
Total 4,672 4,722 4,696 4,680 4,680

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
489 c774W;489 c776W; 257680
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Staff Defence Intelligence Staff
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk