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Ministry of Defence;Defence Analytical Services Agency

Answer

Mr. Frank Field: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the number of (a) civilian and (b) military personnel employed by his Department for each year since 1979. [21028] Mr. Soames: This is a matter for the chief executive of Defence Analytical Services Agency. I have asked the chief executive to write to the hon. Member. Letter from P. Altobell to Mr. Frank Field, dated 20 March 1997. I am replying to your question to the Secretary of State for Defence regarding the number of (a) civilian and (b) military personnel employed by his Department for each year since 1979, as this falls within my area of responsibility as Chief Executive of Defence Analytical Services Agency. The figures are presented in the accompanying table. Please refer to the notes appended to the table. I hope you will find this information helpful. MoD personnel 1979 to 1997 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Civilian personnel Service personnel As at All Total UK based{1} Locally Total UK regular Locally Royal Irish personnel civilians engaged service forces entered Regiment{2} civilans personnel 1 April 1979 616,863.0 285,904.0 247,700.0 38,204 330,959 314,991 8,368 7,600 1 April 1980 612,456.0 276,242.0 239,800.0 36,442 336,214 320,625 8,189 7,400 1 April 1981 615,788.0 264,903.0 229,600.0 35,303 350,885 333,755 9,730 7,400 1 April 1982 596,623.0 251,695.0 216,900.0 34,795 344,928 327,647 10,081 7,200 1 April 1983 580,580.0 242,745.0 208,900.0 33,845 337,835 320,623 10,112 7,100 1 April 1984 575,179.0 232,461.0 199,100.0 33,361 342,718 325,909 10,109 6,700 1 April 1985 549,320.0 206,497.0 174,077.0 32,420 342,823 326,217 10,206 6,400 1 April 1986 540,815.5 201,704.5 169,462.5 32,242 339,111 322,510 10,101 6,500 1 April 1987 532,285.5 196,078.5 164,002.5 32,076 336,207 319,849 9,758 6,600 1 April 1988 507,767.5 175,145.5 143,394.5 31,751 332,622 316,895 9,427 6,300 1 April 1989 499,574.0 172,553.0 141,317.0 31,236 327,021 311,649 9,072 6,300 1 April 1990 493,241.5 172,311.5 141,372.5 30,939 320,930 305,711 9,019 6,200 1 April 1991 482,359.0 169,135.0 140,199.0 28,936 313,224 298,065 9,059 6,100 1 April 1992 474,909.0 166,494.0 139,454.0 27,040 308,415 293,444 8,971 6,000 1 April 1993 444,501.5 155,850.5 129,225.5 26,625 288,651 274,849 8,167 5,635 1 April 1994 409,413.0 142,289.0 121,558.0 20,731 267,124 254,488 7,238 5,398 1 April 1995 377,042.0 133,229.0 116,140.0 17,089 243,813 233,340 5,218 5,255 1 April 1996 359,152.0 126,734.0 109,858.0 16,876 232,416 222,417 5,035 4,966 1 January 1997{3} 351,592.0 126,508.0 109,632.0 16,876{4} 225,084 215,326 4,924 4,834 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Part time UK based civilians counted as 0.5 prior to 1995. Since 1995, they are counted as the proportion of full-time hours worked. {2} Includes the Ulster Defence Regiment for figures up to 1 April 1992. {3} January 1997 Army strengths include 95 reservist officers and 1,011 reservist soldiers currently mobilised for service in the former Yugoslavia. {4} Figure unavailable for January 1997, April 1996 figure used.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

21028; 292 c862-4W;292 c862W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Armed forces Civilians Staff Ministry of Defence

Contains statistics

Yes