Ministry of Defence: Staff
(asked on 20th December 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
The number of staff employed in the Department on the dates requested are shown below.
20 December 2018
Military Strength | 196,120 |
Civilian Employees | 47,940 |
Total | 244,060 |
23 June 2016
Military Strength | 201,350 |
Civilian | 46,410 |
Total | 247,760 |
The military figures include both trained and untrained Service personnel, Ghurkhas
and the Royal Gibraltar Regiment.
All figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias.
Totals have been rounded separately and therefore may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.
- zero or rounded to zero
The civilian figures are MOD Main personnel, including DE&S. Personnel from DSTL, the Royal Fleet Auxiliary, other agencies and arm’s length bodies are not included.