Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants

(asked on 11th November 2022) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the civil service headcount for their Department was on (a) 15 November 2022 and (b) 1 February 2020.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 21st November 2022

The Ministry of Defence (MOD) biannual civilian personnel report presents figures on the strengths, inflow and outflow of all civilian personnel employed by the Ministry of Defence and is published at the following link:

MOD biannual civilian personnel statistics: index - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

The table below provides Headcounts and Full Time Equivalent (FTE) number of MOD Civilians as at 1 February 2020.

Headcount 1 February 2020

TLB & Grouping

Headcount

FTE

UK Strategic Command

7,064

6,737

DIO

4,845

4,713

HOCS

8,548

8,255

Air Command

4,365

4,224

Army TLB

9,422

9,100

Navy Command

2,779

2,668

Unallocated

6

6

Royal Fleet Auxiliary

1,842

1,842

Level 1 Total

38,871

37,545

DE&S Trading Entity

11,013

10,665

Dstl

4,460

4,304

UK Hydrographic Office

822

788

Defence Electronics & Components Agency (DECA)

430

408

Defence Nuclear Organisation

1,772

1,735

Locally Engaged Civilians

3,840

3,731

Overall Total

61,208

59,177

The figures for 1 November 2022 are planned for future publication on 1 December 2022.

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