Written question asked by Robert Key (Conservative) on Monday, 9 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 20 June 2003. It was answered by Ivor Caplin (Labour) on Friday, 20 June 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military, (b) civil service and (c) civilian contractor or other personnel are employed at the National Flight Testing Centre at Boscombe Down. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Key: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) military, (b) Civil Service and (c) civilian contractor or other personnel are employed at the National Flight Testing Centre at Boscombe Down. [118736] Mr. Caplin: The Ministry of Defence aircraft test and evaluation site at Boscombe Down is operated by QinetiQ plc. MOD and QinetiQ records show that the numbers of personnel employed at the Boscombe Down site as at 11 June 2003 were as follows. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Military 408 Civil Servants 102 QinetiQ personnel 1,343 Other contractors 770 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 118736; 407 c506-7W;407 c508W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Armed forces Companies Civil servants Civilians Staff Military bases MOD Boscombe Down
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk