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Service Accommodation (Colchester)
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the timetable to upgrade dwellings at Colchester Garrison is on schedule; and if he will make a statement. [124930]
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Mr. Caplin: The Defence Housing Executive is pressing ahead with its programme of projects for upgrade and refurbishment of Service Family Accommodation as quickly as its funding allows, and in line with the priorities laid down by the armed forces to meet their strategic requirements for accommodation and location of forces. Upgrade projects for Colchester were completed in 2000 and 2001, two more are due to start in 2004–05, and a further four will commence as soon as they can be funded.
Bob Russell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the remaining stock of dwellings at Colchester Garrison is sufficient to meet the housing demand for military personnel; [124932]
- (2) what plans he has to provide additional dwellings at Colchester Garrison for the families of military personnel. [124929]
Mr. Caplin: On the basis of known unit movements and occupancy trends there is more than sufficient housing stock in the Colchester Garrison area to meet future housing demand. There are no plans at present to provide additional housing.
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Staff Costs
Mr. Yeo: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff the Department and each agency and non-departmental public body for which the Department is responsible had in each year since 1997; and what the cost of those staff was in each of those years. [122259]
Mr. Caplin: Whilst it is possible to provide the overall civilian manpower numbers and associated costs for the Department for the years 1999–2000 to 2001–02, as this information is included in the Consolidated Departmental Resource Accounts, the figures for 2002–03 will not be available until the autumn of this year. In addition, the cost figures for 1997–98 and 1998–99, i.e. prior to the introduction of Resource Accounting, are not available. The Appropriation Accounts published at the time did not break expenditure down to this level. Those figures available are included at Table 1.
The staff numbers for non-departmental public bodies and defence agencies are attached at Tables 2 and 3 respectively. However, the associated costs are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Table 1
| 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 | 2002–03 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | 109,206(4) | 104,163(5) | 104,879 | 100,398 | 94,399 | Not yet available |
| Cost (£000) | — | — | 2,415,838 | 2,324,517 | 2,441,977 | Not yet available |
(4) Number of full time equivalent civilians employed as at 1 April 1997.
(5) Number of full time equivalent civilians employed as at 1 April 1998.
Note:
Includes the figures in table 3.
| Body | 1997–98 | 1998–99 | 1999–2000 | 2000–01 | 2001–02 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fleet Air museum | 48(plus 15 temp staff) | 61 | 65 | 65 | 65 |
| National Army museum | 82 | 84.5 | 92 | 85 | 85 |
| Oil and Pipelines agency | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 21 |
| Royal Air Force museum | 122(includes 9 temp staff) | 136 | 136 | 145 | 132 |
| Royal Marines museum | 21 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20 | 21 |
| Royal Naval museum | 34 | 36.5 | 40.5 | 41 | 40 |
| Royal Navy Submarine museum | 20 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 18 |
Note:
Information relating to MOD non-departmental public bodies is included in the annual Cabinet Office publication "Public Bodies". Copies of these reports can be found at http://www.cabinet-office.gov.uk/agencies-publicbodies/publicbodies. Only Executive NDPBs employ staff. While the Cabinet Office publication gives total gross expenditure for each NDPB it does not break this figure down between staff costs and running costs, the expenditure figures have not therefore been included in the table.
Notes:
Excludes Royal Fleet Auxiliaries and locally engaged personnel.
Figures for the Defence dental agency not available for 2001, and Medical Supply agency not available for 2001, 2002.
Source:DASA Civilian
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Weapons of Mass Destruction
Glenda Jackson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the (a) type and (b) number of vehicles necessary to transport (i) 360 tonnes of bulk chemical warfare agents, (ii) 3,000 tonnes of provision chemicals, (iii) growth media sufficient to produce 26,000 litres of anthrax spores and (iv) 30,000 special munitions for delivery of chemical and biological agents, as set out in the Prime Minister's statement to the House on Iraq on 24 September 2002. [122533]
Mr. Ingram [holding answer 30 June 2003]: No such estimate has been made.
CULTURE, MEDIA AND SPORT
Private Office Costs
Mr. Flight: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the running costs have been of Ministers' private offices in her Department in each year since 1997. [123099]
Mr. Caborn: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 3 April 2003 to the hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow), Official Report, column 812W.
The running costs information relating to the Ministers' private offices since 1998 are listed in the table. The information for 1997 is not available. Figures for departmental running costs for 2002–03 will be published later in the year in the Departmental Resource Accounts 2002–03.
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| Cost (£) | |
|---|---|
| 2002–03 | 1,840,045.10 |
| 2001–02 | 1,667,182.44 |
| 2000–01 | 1,387,142.33 |
| 1999–2000 | 1,307,106.16 |
| 1998–99 | 1,561,546.86 |
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