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Departmental Civil Servants

Mr. Jeremy Browne: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civil servants have been employed by each of his Department’s agencies and non-departmental bodies in each year since 1997-98; and if he will make a statement. [239095]

Mr. Kevan Jones: The number of civil servants employed by the Ministry of Defence by core personnel, Agencies, trading fund staff, locally engaged civilians and Royal Fleet Auxiliary staff as at 1 April each year since 1997-98 is shown in the following tables:

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FTE:
	April 1997	April 1998	April 1999	April 2000	April 2001	April 2002
Core Department:
Ministry Of Defence (less agencies, trading funds, LEC’s and RFA’s)	50,520	46,060	48,070	41,210	40,800	42,140
Agencies:
Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency	870	110	100	120	120	230
Army Base Repair Organisation	3,020	2,780	2,530	2,560	2,690	—
Army Base Storage And Distribution Agency	3,810	3,430	—	—	—	—
Army Personnel Centre	1,450	1,070	1,120	1,170	1,250	760
Army Technical Support Authority	830	830	780	—	—	—
Army Training And Recruitment Agency	4,810	4,700	4,410	4,400	4,390	4,390
British Forces Post Office	350	340	330	360	370	360
Defence Analytical Services Agency	130	130	120	140	140	160
Defence Animal Centre	70	70	—	—	—	—
Defence Aviation Repair Agency	—	—	4,920	4,790	—	—
Defence Bills Agency	680	700	660	620	610	610
Defence Clothing And Textile Agency	550	540	530	—	—	—
Defence Codification Agency	150	120	—	—	—	—
Defence Communications Service Agency	—	530	660	1,460	3,060	3,100
Defence Dental Agency	120	170	190	210	490	170
Defence Estates	1,230	1,160	1,240	1,220	1,350	1,420
Defence Geographic Imagery Intelligence Agency	—	—	—	860	780	720
Defence Housing Executive	—	—	1,020	960	990	940
Defence Intelligence And Security Centre	1,080	1,070	1,290	1,040	360	—
Defence Medical Training Organisation	—	110	160	160	170	170
Defence Procurement Agency	—	—	—	4,090	3,930	3,910
Defence Secondary Care Agency	—	760	810	790	730	620
Defence Storage And Distribution Agency	—	—	—	2,760	3,240	2,930
Defence Transport And Movements Agency	150	150	170	210	320	330
Defence Vetting Agency	50	350	350	370	350	280
Disposal Services Agency	70	60	60	80	80	80
Duke of York’s Royal Military School	100	100	100	110	100	110
Joint Air Reconnaissance Intelligence Centre	140	150	150	—	—	—
Logistic Information Systems Agency	170	190	200	—	—	—
Logistics Support Services	460	390	510	—	—	—
Medical Supply Agency	—	330	340	240	—	300
Military Survey	710	700	710	—	—	—
Ministry of Defence Police and Guarding Agency	4,060	3,950	3,840	3,810	3,690	3,580
Naval Aircraft Repair Organisation	1,180	1,550	—	—	—	—
Naval Bases And Supplies Agency	9,490	8,100	8,060	—	—	—
Naval Manning Agency	90	100	90	100	110	110
Naval Recruiting And Training Agency	1,640	1,540	1,220	1,200	1,090	1,020
People Pay And Pensions Agency	930	870	730	660	670	690
Queen Victoria School	70	70	70	70	70	—
RAF Maintenance Group Defence Agency	4,590	4,530	—	—	—	—
RAF Personnel Management Agency	220	230	240	220	240	240
RAF Signals Engineering Establishment	580	580	590	—	—	—
RAF Training Group Defence Agency	2,270	2,250	2,130	2,100	2,070	2,120
Service Children’s Education	760	720	890	860	870	870
Specialist Procurement Services	—	820	—	—	—	—
Veterans Agency	—	—	—	—	—	880
Warship Support Agency	2,350	2,340	2,350	10,540	8,500	7,960
Trading Funds:
Army Base Repair Organisation	—	—	—	—	—	2,050
Defence Aviation Repair Agency	—	—	—	—	4,490	4,420
Defence Scientific and Technical Laboratories	12,590	11,000	10,960	11,420	11,320	2,870
Meteorological Office	2,150	2,230	2,270	2,270	2,160	2,160
UK Hydrographic Office	790	790	820	850	860	910
Other:
Locally engaged civilians	15,860	15,160	14,870	14,850	13340	14,120
Royal Fleet Auxiliary Staff	2,210	2360	2360	2,420	2360	2,370
Ministry of Defence civilian total	133,30	126,290	123,010	121,290	118,170	110,090
Note: Figures are individually rounded to the nearest 10, and not may not sum precisely to the overall total. Source: DASA (Quad-Service)

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