Speeches

Nicholas Soames – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Nicholas Soames on 2015-10-30.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of his Department’s likely civilian personnel strength on 1 April (a) 2016 and (b) 2020 for each top level budget.

Michael Fallon

Projected estimated civilian personnel strengths prior to any decisions in the Strategic Defence and Security Review, at 1 April 2016 and 1 April 2020 for each top level budget are as follows:

1 April 2016

1 April 2020

Navy Command

4,773

4,748

Army Command

14,154

12,445

Air Command

4,140

4,049

Joint Forces Command

8,039

7,649

Head Office & Corporate Services

8,355

8,192

Defence Infrastructure Organisation

5,385

5,155