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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are based in each RAF base (i) in Scotland, (ii) in England, (iii) in Wales, (iv) in Northern Ireland and (v) abroad; how these numbers have changed in each year since 1991; and if he will make a statement. [203813] Mr. Caplin: Service Personnel data are not available at base level. Service location by local authority is published in TSP10. The latest publication available is July 2002. DASA are currently reviewing the source data and process by which location statistics are produced. The target date for completion of this review is January 2005. There are no centrally held reliable data on the number of civilians at base level. However, the following table gives the total number of full time equivalent civilians in the RAF budgetary units by country. Number of civilian personnel allocated to RAF budgetary units by country at 1 April each year Full time equivalent _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Scotland England Wales N. Ireland Abroad Unallocated Grand total 1993 1,280 16,420 2,800 180 60 360 21,110 1994 1,300 15,590 2,940 190 70 440 20,540 1995 1,300 14,810 3,130 190 60 430 19,930 1996 1,320 14,140 3,300 210 50 450 19,470 1997 1,380 13,660 3,530 210 40 470 19,290 1998 1,310 13,330 3,650 220 50 480 19,040 1999 1,660 14,300 3,720 210 50 510 20,440 20001 1,090 9,800 310 1-- 30 340 11,570 2001 1,080 9,670 320 1-- 20 320 11,400 2002 1,100 9,680 320 1-- 10 350 11,460 2003 1,080 9,720 380 1-- 10 200 11,390 2004 1,130 9,810 490 10 10 270 11,710 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 the figure is less than 10. 2 Figures for 1993 to 1999 include staff in RAF Logistics Command. This ceased to be a separate budgetary area on 30 March 2000 with personnel forming part of the Defence Logistics Organisation. Note: Data for 1991 and 1992 are not available. Source: DASA (Civilian)

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

203813; 428 c914W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Armed forces Deployment Civilians Air force Staff Military bases

Contains statistics

Yes

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