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Written question asked by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 14 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 October 2009. It was answered by Lord Beamish (Labour) on Monday, 19 October 2009 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.


Departmental Manpower

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people are employed on a (a) full-time and (b) part-time basis at each of his Department's bases in Scotland
Answer

Validated figures below the local authority level have not been compiled and can not be supplied without incurring disproportionate cost.The table shows the number of civilian personnel in Scotland as at 1 July 2009, broken down by local authority, and full and part-time status.

Headcount
Total Full-time Part-time
Scotland 5,980 5,500 480
Aberdeen City 80 80 ¹—
Aberdeenshire 30 30 ¹—
Angus 60 50 ¹—
Argyll and Bute 1,700 1,620 90
Dumfries and Galloway 50 50 ¹—
Dundee City 30 30 —
Edinburgh, City of 450 410 40
Eilean Siar ¹— ¹— —
Falkirk ¹— ¹— —
Fife 750 710 40
Glasgow City 1,090 950 130
Highland 90 80 ¹—
Inverclyde 30 30 ¹—
Midlothian 40 30 ¹—
Moray 670 600 70
North Ayrshire 340 320 10
Perth and Kinross 20 20 ¹—
Renfrewshire 10 10 ¹—
Scottish Borders ¹— ¹— ¹—
Shetland Islands ¹— ¹— ¹—
South Ayrshire 40 40 ¹—
South Lanarkshire ¹— ¹— —
Stirling 340 280 50
West Dunbartonshire 120 120 ¹—
West Lothian ¹— ¹— —
¹ Denotes frequency of five or less.
Notes:
1. Table includes all civilian personnel employed in MOD Core TLBs and trading funds. Figures exclude RFAs and LECs for which location data are not held centrally.
2. Numbers are rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias. Because of rounding, totals may not always equal to the sum of the parts.
Source:
DASA (Quad-Service)

The following table shows the number of military personnel (UK regular forces) in Scotland as at 1 July 2009, broken down by local/unitary authority. UK regular forces includes all trained and untrained personnel. Gurkhas, full-time reserve personnel, and mobilised reservists are excluded.

UK regular forces
Number
Scotland 11,950
Aberdeen City 20
Aberdeenshire 20
Angus 900
Argyll and Bute 2,980
Clackmannanshire —
Dumfries and Galloway —
Dundee City 40
East Ayrshire —
East Dunbartonshire —
East Lothian —
East Renfrewshire —
Edinburgh, City of 1,550
Eilean Siar 10
Falkirk —
Fife 1,460
Glasgow City 560
Highland 620
Inverclyde —
Midlothian 480
Moray 3,100
North Ayrshire —
North Lanarkshire —
Orkney Islands —
Perth and Kinross 10
Renfrewshire —
Scottish Borders —
Shetland Islands —
South Ayrshire 90
South Lanarkshire —
Stirling 60
West Dunbartonshire —
West Lothian —

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
497 c1222-3W; 294105
Session
2008-09
Subjects
Staff Ministry of Defence Scotland
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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