Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work at NSA/NRO Menwith Hill; and how many of those people are (a) US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines, (b) US contractors, (c) US civilians, (d) NSA, (e) NRO personnel, (f) US CIA, (g) British military, (h) RAF personnel, including the RAF Liaison Officer, (i) his Department's personnel, (j) GCHQ personnel, (k) British contractors, (l) British civilians and (m) Ministry of Defence Police.
The number of personnel based at RAF Menwith Hill is set out in the table below:
(a) US Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines | 20 |
(b) US contractors | 320 |
(c) US civilians | 270 |
(g, h, i) British military | 10 |
(k) British contractors | 70 |
(j, l, m) British civilians | 400 |
The personnel figures released by the US government are correct as of August 2020 when this information was last collated. The US authorities do not release a detailed breakdown of US civilian personnel; therefore, the overall total of US civilians has been provided.
Figures have been amalgamated, and rounded to the nearest 10, where further granularity is not available, or where data may not be released for reasons of national security.