Ministry of Defence: Staff

(asked on 19th November 2021) - View Source

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 Portrait
Leo Docherty
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
This question was answered on 25th November 2021

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

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