Ministry of Defence: Civil Servants

(asked on 15th December 2023) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants he plans to employ in his Department in each of the next three financial years.


Answered by
Andrew Murrison Portrait
Andrew Murrison
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Defence)
This question was answered on 21st December 2023

The latest Ministry of Defence (MOD) civilian staff indicative planned full-time equivalent figures (FTE), rounded to the nearest ten, are in the table below. These represent our current forecasts, but we recognise that the Chancellor has committed to reducing headcount across the Civil Service so we are working with HM Treasury to determine the implications for the MOD. As such, it should be noted that these are indicative numbers are used for planning purposes only; 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.

Financial Year

2024-25

2025-26

2026-27

Projected civilian staff (FTE)

60,600

61,530

61,540

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