Defence Equipment & Support: Staff

(asked on 20th March 2024) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed in the UK Military Flying Training Systems Team at Defence Equipment and Support on average in each year from 2019 to 2024 as of 20 March 2024.


Answered by
James Cartlidge Portrait
James Cartlidge
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 3rd April 2024

The number of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) employed within the Typhoon delivery, Lightning II delivery, Military Flying Training Systems and Remotely Piloted Air Systems teams in each Financial Year (FY) since 2019 as at 31 March, is detailed in the table below. The figures include civilian and military employees and workforce substitutes.

Figures for 2023-24 will not be available until the end of the FY.

Financial Year

Typhoon delivery

Lightning II delivery

Military Flying Training Systems

Remotely Piloted Air Systems

2018-19

205.4

139.75

149.6

147.8

2019-20

216.2

155.27

164.77

177.53

2020-21

221.4

164.65

162.81

175.64

2021-22

311.6

197.20

171.83

200.79

2022-23

303.6

202.16

180.12

195.79

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