Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil service jobs (a) his Department and (b) its agencies had located in Scotland in (i) March 2011 and (ii) in the latest period for which figures are available.

As at March 2011 there were 5,550 Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian jobs located in Scotland.

The latest published figures confirm that as at 1 April 2020 there were 3,970 MOD civilian jobs located in Scotland.

The figures are full time equivalent and are based on the personnel station location. The March 2011 data includes c104 Meteorological Office personnel. However, as the Meteorological Office has since ceased to be a part of MOD, these are not included in the April 2020 data.