Speeches

Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) military and (b) civilian personnel were employed within Defence Intelligence in each of the last six years.

Penny Mordaunt

The strength of Defence Intelligence for Service and civilian personnel at year end for the years 2010-11 to 2015-16 was:

Year

Service Personnel

Civilians

2015-16 (at January 2016)

2,137

1,360

2014-15

2,332

1,365

2013-14

2,412

1,323

2012-13

2,458

1,306

2011-12

2,323

1,132

2010-11

2,330

1,326