Ministry of Defence: Staff

(asked on 13th January 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the total annual budget was for the global network of British Defence Staffs in each year since 2010.


Answered by
James Heappey Portrait
James Heappey
This question was answered on 23rd January 2023

The total annual budget for the global network of British Defence Staffs (BDS) in each year since 2010 can be found in the table below:

Year

Total Annual Budget of BDS £million

2010-11

83.3

2011-12

87.5

2012-13

84.5

2013-14

84.9

2014-15

65.4

2015-16

64.4

2016-17

69.8

2017-18

72.1

2018-19

68.4

2019-20

77.4

2020-21

92.5

2021-22

93.2

2022-23

99.7

The Department only holds information on the total number of personnel for the global network of British Defence Staffs since 2018. This can be found in the table below:

Years

Total Number of BDS Personnel

2018-19

539

2019-20

546

2020-21

533

2021-22

508

2022-23

535

As committed in the Integrated Review, we are continuing to invest around £60 million in expanding and improving our global network of British Defence Staffs, increasing it by nearly a third. This will take place over several years through rebalancing Defence assets rather than necessarily recruiting additional staff.

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