Speeches

Hugh Bayley – 2014 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Hugh Bayley on 2014-06-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people were employed by the Defence Vetting Agency in (a) York and (b) total on 1 April in each year since it was created.

Anna Soubry

The figures in the following table represent people employed by the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting for 2012, 2013 and 2014 and its predecessor the Defence Vetting Agency until 2011, in York and total, on 1 April each year.

Staff based in York

Overall total

2003

220

320

2004

220

340

2005

230

350

2006

230

350

2007

230

360

2008

250

390

2009

300

450

2010

310

470

2011

260

430

2012

220

350

2013

180

310

2014

162

297

Notes:

Although the Defence Vetting Agency was founded in 1996 reliable figures are only available from 2003.

Figures are for Full Time Equivalents.

Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10.