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Written question asked by Lord Astor of Hever (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Drayson (Labour) on Tuesday, 30 October 2007.

Armed Forces: Manpower

Question
asked Her Majesty's Government:What was the funded strength of (a) the Royal Navy; (b) the Army; and (c) the Royal Air Force for each financial year from 1997-98 to 2007-08; and
Answer

Historical manpower statistics for each service, including the trained requirement and strength (both trained and untrained) back to 1998 are published by the Defence Analytical Services Agency and are available online at http://www.dasa.mod.uk/. For future years, the defence budget includes provision for the full planned regular trained service manpower requirements. Our requirement for 1 April 2008 was set out in MoD Defence Plan 2007, and is shown in the table below.

Royal Navy 36,260
Army 101,855
Royal Air Force 40,790

Forecast levels for MoD civilian personnel on 1 April 2008 were published in the Government's expenditure plans 2007-08. These (together with a separate figure for Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) personnel) are set out below.

Level 1 Civilian¹ 72,000
RFA (included in Level 1 Civilian Figures above) 2,300
Locally Engaged Civilians (LEC) Non-Operational 11,000
LEC Operational 2,400
Trading Funds 10,100
Total Civilian 95,500
¹Level 1 includes permanent and casual civilian personnel and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries but excludes Trading Funds.

The requirement for Armed Forces and civilian manpower beyond 2008 is kept under constant review and has not yet been set formally.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
5451; 695 c175-6WA
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Army Civilians Air force Staff Navy Ministry of Defence Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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