Dstl: Employment

(asked on 18th July 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian and (b) military staff have been employed by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory in each year since 2010.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 25th July 2023

The average Full-Time Equivalent numbers of Civilian Employees each financial year at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), and forecast in Dstl’s Annual Budget Cycle 2023 submission, are as follows:

Financial Year(FY)

Average FTE

Actuals

FY2013-14

3,677

FY2014-15

3,648

FY2015-16

3,579

FY2016-17

3,549

FY2017-18

3,554

FY2018-19

3,710

FY2019-20

4,060

FY2020-21

4,198

FY2021-22

4,279

FY2022-23

4,656

Forecast (ABC23)

FY2023-24

5,071

FY2024-25

4,984

FY2025-26

4,784

FY2026-27

4,650

FY2027-28

4,656

FY2028-29

4,656

FY2029-30

4,656

FY3030-31

4,656

FY3031-32

4,656

FY3031-33

4,656

More detailed information is published in the MOD biannual civilian report online: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-statisticsindex

Dstl does not employ military staff, but is cross-charged for military support. Data is no longer held for the period before 2013-14.

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