Written question asked by Eilidh Whiteford (Scottish National Party) on Monday, 10 October 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 October 2011. It was answered by Lord Robathan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 18 October 2011 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Departmental Manpower

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilian employees, including civil servants, his Department has employed on average in each year since 2005.

Answer

The first table shows the average strength of the Ministry of Defence civilian work force by financial year from 2004-05 to 2010-11. The average figure for financial year 2011-12 is not yet available. Therefore the second table shows strength in April and July 2011.

Financial year	Full-time equivalent (FTE)
2004-05¹	108,750
2005-06¹	106,760
2006-07¹	101,000
2007-08¹	94,100
2008-09¹	87,950
2009-10¹	86,230
2010-11¹	84,460

	Full-time equivalent (FTE)
April 2011², ³	83,060
July 2011²	81,150
¹ Average strength based on a weighted 13 month average, summing half of first and last month, plus all of remaining 11 months and dividing by 12.
² Totals include core TLB, trading fund personnel, Royal Fleet Auxiliary staff, and locally engaged civilians.
³ Denotes estimate—April 2011 locally engaged civilian figures are 'estimates' due to non-availability of data.
Notes:
1. All numbers rounded to the nearest 10. Numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
2. All numbers are listed in FTE terms.
Source:
DASA (Quad-Service)

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Type: Written question
Reference: 74158; 533 c869-70W
Session: 2010-12
Subjects: Staff Ministry of Defence
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk

Departmental Manpower

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