Written question asked by Bernard Jenkin (Conservative) on Thursday, 17 October 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 28 October 2002. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Monday, 28 October 2002 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what have been the salary costs of Ministry of Defence civilian personnel in each of the past four years; and what are the projected costs over the next four years. - Including table and figures.

Answer: Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what have been the salary costs of Ministry of Defence civilian personnel in each of the past four years; and what are the projected costs over the next four years. [76355] Dr. Moonie: The amount spent by the Ministry of Defence on the salary costs of civilian personnel over the past four years is (in outturn prices): _________________________________________________________________________________________________. £ million 1998-99 2,224 1999-2000 2,259 2000-01 2,267 2002-03 2,246 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The latest forecast for civilian salary costs for 2002-03 is £2,328 million. Decisions on the allocation of the defence budget over the following four years will be made in the normal way through the MOD's annual planning process. I am therefore withholding this information under Exemption 2 of the Code of Practice on Access to Government Information.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 76355; 391 c695W;391 c677W
Session: 2001-02
Subjects: Armed forces Costs Executive agencies Civilians Pay Ministry of Defence
Contains statistics: Yes
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