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Written question asked by Alun Cairns (Conservative) on Tuesday, 17 January 2012, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 January 2012. It was answered by Lord Robathan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 February 2012 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Departmental Manpower

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civil servants his Department employed in (a) May 2005, (b) May 2010 and (c) December 2010.
Answer

[holding answer 20 January 2012]: The information requested is as follows:

Full-time equivalent
Number of civil servants
May 2005 108,300
May 2010 85,640
December 2010 83,770
Notes:
1. All totals have been rounded to the nearest 10 and show full-time equivalents.
2. Total includes personnel in MOD main top level budgets, trading funds, Royal Fleet Auxiliary and locally engaged civilians.
3. LEC data is updated quarterly. May 2005 total includes LEC numbers at April 2005. May 2010 total includes LEC numbers at April 2010. December 2010 total includes LEC numbers at October 2010.
Source:
DASA (Quad Service)

The Government have announced a reduction of about 32,000 full-time equivalent civilian posts by 2020. This planned reduction is based on the April 2010 total of 85,850 full-time equivalent employees and equates to some 38% of the civilian workforce.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
91052; 540 c774-5W
Session
2010-12
Subjects
Civil servants Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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