Written question asked by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 30 June 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 7 July 1998. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Tuesday, 7 July 1998 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1st May 1997 and 31st March 1998.

Answer: Mr. Brake: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how staff numbers in his Department have varied between 1 May 1997 and 31 March 1998. [48878] Mr. Spellar: The information requested is given in the following table. Full time equivalent _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 May 1997 {2} 1 April 1998 Permanent Staff All MOD 109,076 104,163 Agencies{1} 62,341 59,526 Other MOD 46,735 44,637 Casual Staff All MOD 3,344 2,154 Agencies{1} 1,356 1,131 Other MOD 1,988 1,023 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Agency numbers include staff working in Trading Funds {2} The 1 May 1997 breakdowns between agencies and other MOD have been estimated

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