Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian personnel in his Department have left on average in each year since 2015.

All data for civilian personnel leaving the Civil Service is published on Gov.UK in the Biannual Civilian Personnel Report on the below link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-biannual-civilian-personnel-statisticsindex

Data prior to 2018 can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/mod-civilian-personnel-quarterly-statistics-index

Tables 4 or 5 will show a total exit value for each 12-month period, including detailed breakdown by TLB and Organisation or Reason for Leaving. These tables also list exit rate for overall totals if the Honourable Member is seeking to understand the Turnover Rate (Average Strength in a listed 12 month period divided by totals exits within that period).