Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's planned civilian staff numbers are for each year between 2022 and 2030.

Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian staff indicative planned full-time equivalent figures, rounded to the nearest ten, are in the table below. These figures are for the period of the current Strategic Review, beyond which forecasts have not yet been determined. It should be noted that these are indicative numbers used for planning purposes, they are not a target, and represent business decisions subject to ongoing variation. It should also be noted these figures represent only one part of MOD's workforce and actual figures may be impacted by changes to the size and shape of other workforce types such as contractors, military staff etc.