Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many senior civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 regions of the UK on (a) 1 March 2019, (b) 1 March 2020, (c) 1 March 2021 and (d) 1 September 2021.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The Headcount of Senior Civil Servants employed by the Ministry of Defence in each of the NUTS1 regions is detailed in the below table, please note that overall figures are published on the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/governments/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2021
The data for the dates is taken from internal sources using the same methodology and dates as the published data where possible.
| Date | Date | Date | Date |
Government office Region | 31/03/2019 | 31/03/2020 | 31/03/2021 | 01/09/2021 |
EAST MIDLANDS | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
EASTERN | 14 | 15 | 19 | 20 |
LONDON | 119 | 156 | 167 | 171 |
NORTH WEST | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
SOUTH EAST | 34 | 39 | 47 | 48 |
SOUTH WEST | 31 | 34 | 42 | 46 |
WEST MIDLANDS | 11 | 13 | 8 | 7 |
YORKS and HUMBER | ~ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
WALES | - | - | ~ | ~ |
SCOTLAND | ~ | ~ | 6 | 6 |
N. IRELAND | ~ | - | - | - |
Grand Total | 222 | 270 | 297 | 307 |
Caveats: Where data is 5 or less this has been replaced with ~ where there is zero this has been replaced with -
Asked by: Robert Largan (Conservative - High Peak)
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants employed by his Department were based in each of the 12 NUTS1 UK regions on (a) 1 March 2021, (b) 1 June 2021 and (c) 1 September 2021.
Answered by Leo Docherty - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The Headcount of each region is detailed in the below table, please note that figures are published on the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/civil-service-statistics-2021
The latest published data is for 31 March 2021 and that has been provided. The data for the June and September dates is taken from internal sources using the same methodology as the published data.
Government Office Region | 31-Mar-21 | 01 June 2021 | 01 September 2021 |
EAST MIDLANDS | 1,830 | 1,833 | 1,832 |
EASTERN | 3,825 | 3,825 | 3,816 |
LONDON | 4,055 | 4,091 | 4,101 |
NORTH EAST | 228 | 225 | 225 |
NORTH WEST | 1,867 | 1,881 | 1,889 |
SOUTH EAST | 10,336 | 10,340 | 10,322 |
SOUTH WEST | 22,276 | 22,349 | 22,355 |
WEST MIDLANDS | 2,613 | 2,630 | 2,642 |
YORKS and HUMBER | 2,071 | 2,083 | 2,083 |
WALES | 1,138 | 1,121 | 1,123 |
SCOTLAND | 4,140 | 4,174 | 4,181 |
N.IRELAND | 922 | 914 | 909 |
Grand Total | 55,301 | 55,466 | 55,478 |