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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. Hardy: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what was the strength of (a) uniformed personnel and (b) civilian employees within each of the armed services as at 1 January 1997. [11847] Mr. Soames: The most recent figures available relate to 1 December 1996 and are published by the Defence Analytical Services Agency in "Service and Civilian Personnel Statistics Monthly Return (SCPS) 1", which is available in the House of Commons Library. Figures for 1 January 1997 will be available in the first week of February 1997. The breakdowns of regular armed forces and permanent UK based civilian staff as at 1 December 1996 are as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Navy personnel Army personnel RAF personnel All service Civilian employees personnel Navy budget areas 42,321 988 193 43,502 22,444 Army budget areas 168 98,348 294 98,810 34,426 RAF budget areas 110 192 54,689 54,991 16,690 Central budget areas 3,082 10,221 5,437 18,740 21,471 Trading funds 136 96 206 438 14,960 Service LEPs (including 206 4,620 -- 4,826 -- Gurkhas) All 46,023 114,465 60,819 221,307 109,993 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In accordance with civilian headcount conventions, part-timers are counted as the proportion of full-time hours they work. Totals may not equal the sum of the parts due to rounding. Included in the 114,465 Army personnel are 1,183 reserves serving in the former Yugoslavia.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

11847; 288 c553-4W

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Armed forces Army Civilians Air force Staff Navy

Contains statistics

Yes