Armed Forces: Aviation
(asked on 10th February 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel were employed as (i) flight instructors, (ii) aircraft engineers and (iii) air traffic controllers in each of the last six years.
| Flight Instructors | Aircraft Engineers | Air Traffic Controllers | |||
Military | Civilian* | Military | Civilian** | Military | Civilian*** | |
2015 | 720 | 85 | 10,920 | 390 | 730 | Information not held. |
2014 | 720 | 85 | 11,500 | 350 | 760 | |
2013 | 750 | 85 | 12,370 | 315 | 790 | |
2012 | 820 | 80 | 13,410 | 315 | 790 | |
2011 | 850 | 80 | 14,410 | 310 | 790 | |
2010 | 720 | 85 | 13,310 | 290 | 810 | |
Military figures are for trained UK Regular forces but exclude Full Time Reserve Service Personnel and Reservists.
* These figures include Civil Servants and contractors.
** Civil Service figures only. Equipment support contracts are output based; contracts do not specify the number of personnel needed to meet the required output.
*** Civilian posts have reduced from circa 54 in 2010 to 19 in 2016.