Ministry of Defence: Staff

(asked on 2nd October 2020) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civil servants were employed in financial posts in his Department in (a) 2020 and (b) 2010.


Answered by
Johnny Mercer Portrait
Johnny Mercer
Minister of State (Cabinet Office) (Minister for Veterans' Affairs)
This question was answered on 8th October 2020

The number of Civil Servants employed by the Ministry of Defence in the finance field in 2010 and 2020 are as follows:

2010

3,391

2020

1,752*

Where available, these figures include personnel in delegated Arm’s Length Bodies - Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL), UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO), Defence Equipment and Support (DE&S) and the Defence Electronics and Components Agency (DECA).

* Excluding DE&S for which figures are unavailable.

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