Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel work at the Missile Defence Centre.

The Missile Defence Centre (MDC) is a government-industry partnership comprising civilian personnel and works closely with the military adviser community based at the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl) and also with military requirements managers, capability sponsors, and operators across all of the Front Line Commands. The core MDC has 20 civilian personnel (a mix of MOD civil servants (including Dstl) and industry secondees) and the partnership construct enables access to approximately 150 personnel with credible and relevant expertise within Dstl, Industry, and Academia.