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Civil Service Relocation (Scotland)

Stewart Hosie: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many departmental civil service jobs have been relocated to Scotland in each year since 2001. [32260]

Mr. Touhig [holding answer 28 November 2005]: Details of the number of departmental civil service jobs relocated to Scotland are not available, as this information is not held centrally by the Department, and obtaining the data would incur disproportionate costs.

Departmental Finance

Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to remove in-service fighting equipment and associated intangible assets from the top-level budget-holder balance sheets to a central balance sheet; and if he will make a statement. [32704]

John Reid: Yes, this is part of a wider programme to simplify and improve our financial management processes, in order to yield efficiencies and enhance decision making.
 
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Mr. Gerald Howarth: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by how much his Department's end of year flexibility was changed under the Treasury's cash management scheme in financial year 2004–05. [32707]

John Reid: Following the introduction of the Treasury's cash management scheme, the Ministry of Defence's end year adjustment was £25,000 in 2003–04 (net charge) and £95,000 in 2004–05 (net rebate). These adjustments were reflected in the carry forwards for 2004–05 and 2005–06 respectively.

Departmental Staff

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department were (a) civil servants, (b) contractors and (c) other staff in each year since 1997. [27443]

Mr. Touhig: The following table gives details of Ministry of Defence civilian strength by Full Time Equivalence (FTE) as at 1 April for the years 1997 to 2005. Data for the number of contractors employed over the listed period are not centrally held.
FTE

April	Civil servants(14)	Other(15)	Total
1997	117,470	15,860	133,330
1998	111,140	15,160	126,290
1999	108,140	14,870	123,010
2000	106,440	14,850	121,290
2001	104,820	13,340	118,170
2002(16)	95,980	14,120	110,090
2003	93,740	13,840	107,580
2004	93,620	15,430	109,050
2005	92,810	15,660	108,470

⁽¹⁴⁾ Total for civil servants includes all permanent and casual staff, as well as staff employed by Trading Funds and the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, but excludes staff employed as Locally Engaged civilians.
⁽¹⁵⁾ Total for Other is comprised of locally engaged civilian staff who are employed overseas.
⁽¹⁶⁾ In 2001 the QinetiQ portion of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (8,000) was established as a private company.
Note:
Due to the rounding methods used, figures are rounded to the nearest 10, and individual totals for each year may not match precisely to the overall total.

Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department have been relocated into London and the South East in each of the last five years for which records are available. [31782]

Mr. Touhig: Details of the number of departmental civil service jobs relocated to London and the South East are not available, as this information is not held centrally by the Ministry of Defence, and obtaining the data would incur disproportionate costs.

Mike Penning: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) officers, (b) other ranks, (c) support personnel and (d) administrative staff were employed by his Department in each year since 1997; and what proportion of his Department's budget was attributed to the employment of each group. [32205]

Mr. Touhig: The following table gives details of Ministry of Defence personnel strength for officers, other ranks, support personnel and administrative staff as at 1 April for the years 1997 to 2005. This includes
 
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Full-time Reserve Service Personnel, Gurkhas, Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service), Gibraltar Permanent Cadre and Non-regular Permanent Staff (NPRS).
 
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Civilian support staff are the Locally Engaged Civilians and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries, with administrative staff consisting of all other civil servants within the MOD.

	As at 1 April
	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
UK Regular Strength1, 6
All Services	210,820	210,140	208,640	207,620	205,650
Officers	32,680	32,620	32,240	32,520	32,630
Other Ranks	178,150	177,510	176,400	175,100	173,020
Non-Regular Strength(22)
FTRS2, 3, 4	n/a	130	630	(23)1,040	(23)1,600
FTRS Officers(20)	n/a	50	190	(23)330	(23)670
FTRS Ranks	n/a	80	440	710	930
Gurkhas	3,760	3,640	3,580	3,670	3,780
Officers	150	130	130	130	130
Soldiers	3,610	3,510	3,460	3,540	3,660
Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service)	4,770	4,620	4,450	4,170	3,840
Officers	200	210	200	210	190
Ranks	4,570	4,410	4,250	3,950	3,650
Gibraltar Permanent Cadre	140	160	160	160	160
Officers	10	10	10	10	10
Ranks	130	150	140	150	150
Non-regular Permanent Staff (NRPS)(21)	1,420	1,400	1,400	1,390	1,210
Officers	430	400	400	430	400
Ranks	990	1,000	1,000	960	810

	2002	2003	2004	2005
UK Regular Strength1, 6
All Services	204,690	206,920	207,020	201,100
Officers	32,750	33,160	33,450	33,000
Other Ranks	171,940	173,770	173,580	168,100
Non-Regular Strength(22)
FTRS2, 3, 4	(23)1,960	(23)2,360	(23)2,220	1,690
FTRS Officers(20)	(23)670	(23)800	(23)740	620
FTRS Ranks	1,290	1,560	1,480	1060
Gurkhas	3,800	3,760	3,720	3,690
Officers	130	140	130	130
Soldiers	3,670	3,630	3,590	3,560
Royal Irish Regiment (Home Service)	3,640	3,500	3,410	3,220
Officers	230	220	210	200
Ranks	3,410	3,280	3,200	3010
Gibraltar Permanent Cadre	180	180	180	180
Officers	10	20	20	10
Ranks	160	160	160	170
Non-regular Permanent Staff (NRPS)(21)	1,140	1,100	1,110	1080
Officers	340	300	270	210
Ranks	800	800	840	870

n/a=denotes not applicable
⁽¹⁷⁾ Figures show trained and untrained personnel.
⁽¹⁸⁾ FTRS were created by the Reserve Forces Act 1996 and none existed before late 1997 they were formally recorded from late 1998 only.
⁽¹⁹⁾ FTRS figures include full commitment (FC), home commitment (HC) and limited commitment (LC) individuals. For the Army, FC and LC individuals serve against the requirement whilst HC individuals fill posts specifically for the FTRS personnel. For the RAF, FC individuals serve against the requirement whilst HC and LC individuals fill posts specifically for the FTRS personnel.
⁽²⁰⁾ Army FTRS officer figures from 2000 to 2004 are currently under review and should be considered provisional. Figures from 2001 to 2004 have been supplied by Army Personnel Centre. 1 April 2001 figure is not available, figure is for 1 March 2001.
⁽²¹⁾ Non-regular permanent staff (NRPS) are Territorial Army personnel who provide training and administration to Territorial Army units on a permanent full-time basis. They are included within the Territorial Army Group B, together with Officer Training Corps personnel. Further details may be found in Tri-Service Publication (TSP) 7, UK Reserves and Cadets, a copy of which is held in the Library of the House.
⁽²²⁾ Due to the founding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When founding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in five have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
⁽²³⁾ Provisional.
Source:
DASA(Tri Service)





 
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	As at 1 April
Civilians (FTE4, 5)	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
All Civilian personnel	133,530	126,490	123,120	121,390	118,220
LEG(24)	15,860	15,160	14,870	14,850	13,340
Manually paid staff overseas	200	200	100	100	50
RFA(25)	2,210	2,360	2,360	2,420	2,360
Other Civil Servants	115,260	108,770	105,780	104,020	102,460

Civilians (FTE4, 5)	2002	2003	2004	2005
All Civilian personnel	110,090	107,580	109,050	108,470
LEG(24)	14,120	13,840	15,430	15,660
Manually paid staff overseas	—	—	—	—
RFA(25)	2,370	2,450	2,310	2,350
Other Civil Servants	(26)93,610	91,280	91,310	90,460

⁽²⁴⁾ LEC are locally engaged civilians who support the department overseas and are not civil servants.
⁽²⁵⁾ RFA are Royal Fleet Auxiliaries who support the Navy but are civil servants.
⁽²⁶⁾ In 2001 the QinetiQ portion of the Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (8,000) was established as a private company.
⁽²⁷⁾ Due to the rounding methods used, totals may not always equal the sum of the parts. When rounding to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.
⁽²⁸⁾ Full-time equivalent (FTE) results show part time civilian staff as a proportion of the hours they work.
Source:
DASA(Civilian).

The following table show Ministry of Defence personnel expenditure data broken down for both civilian and the UK armed forces for the same period as above and also expressed as a proportion of the aggregate defence budget.
Financial outturn for each financial year

	Inclusive of non-recoverable VAT at current prices (£million)
	£ million	Service	Civilian	Percentage service	Percentage civilian
Adjusted Defence Budget(29)
1996–97	22,345	5,938	2,355	26.6	10.5
1997–98	21,610	6,286	2,270	29.1	10.5
1998–99	22,475	6,257	2,273	27.8	10.1
1999–2000	22,549	6,500	2,268	28.8	10.1
2000–01	23,538	6,223	2,409	26.4	10.2
Using net cash requirement2
2001–02	26,100	7,014	2,442	26.9	9.4
2002–03	27,334	7,385	2,584	27.0	9.5
Using defence spending3
2003–04	31,078	7,974	2,461	25.7	7.9
2004–05(32)	32,597	8,274	2,662	25.4	8.2

⁽²⁹⁾ The adjusted defence budget was used when the department reported under a cash regime to provide consistent figures for defence spending. For further details please refer to Footnote 6 of table 1.1, UK Defence Statistics 2001.
⁽³⁰⁾ During 2001–02 and 2003–03 the Department introduced resource accounting and budgeting (RAB) in two stages. To provide roughly comparable figures with pre and post full RAB the net cash requirement to represent the defence budget". The net cash requirement (NCR) is the actual money that MOD requests from the Government in order to fund its activities. The NCR takes account of movements in working capital levels (debtors, creditors, stock) whilst excluding ail non-cash costs.
⁽³¹⁾ Following the full introduction of RAB, the Defence Spending" line from UK Defence Statistics Table 1.1a has been employed (UK Defence Statistics 2005, page 14).
⁽³²⁾ Provisional outturn data are provided for 2004–05.
Source:
UK Defence Statistics

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