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Ministry of Defence

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Mr. Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Ministry of Defence related jobs were based in each Scottish local authority area in each year since 1996. [149079] Dr. Moonie: The number of directly employed Ministry of Defence jobs in each Scottish local authority area since 1996 is set out in the table. Table 1: Direct MOD employment in Scottish local authority areas _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Local authority area Service Civilian Civilian casual 1 July 1996 City of Aberdeen 37 109 2 Aberdeenshire 473 72 11 Angus 1,119 121 8 Argyll and Bute 4,039 3,487 13 Borders 1 1 0 Dumfries and Galloway 2 64 0 City of Dundee 43 43 6 City of Edinburgh 1,830 516 22 East Dunbartonshire 2 8 0 East Lothian 0 12 0 Falkirk 1 2 0 Fife 1,673 1,369 44 City of Glasgow 446 1,309 30 Highland 560 76 10 Inverclyde 20 152 1 Midlothian 674 84 5 Moray 3,896 557 20 North Ayrshire 3 606 14 North Lanarkshire 3 3 0 Orkney 0 5 0 Perth and Kinross 19 432 13 Renfrewshire 4 26 0 Shetland Islands 184 49 7 South Ayrshire 460 57 1 South Lanarkshire 2 7 0 Stirling 17 360 33 West Dunbartonshire 0 23 1 West Lothian 0 3 1 Western Isles 150 108 20 Local authority area Service Civilian Civilian casual 1 July 1997 City of Aberdeen 27 90 2 Aberdeenshire 389 88 7 Angus 1,189 121 7 Argyll and Bute 3,543 3,381 19 Borders 0 1 0 Dumfries and Galloway 0 69 0 City of Dundee 41 52 4 City of Edinburgh 1,503 516 18 East Dunbartonshire 2 7 1 East Lothian 0 12 1 Falkirk 1 3 0 Fife 1,455 1,248 45 City of Glasgow 578 1,745 24 Highland 62 86 10 Inverclyde 7 61 1 Midlothian 602 89 2 Moray 3,726 680 15 North Ayrshire 1 608 4 North Lanarkshire 3 2 0 Orkney 0 5 0 Perth and Kinross 21 450 12 Renfrewshire 4 27 0 Shetland Islands 174 59 1 South Ayrshire 395 60 2 South Lanarkshire 1 7 0 Stirling 22 367 21 West Dunbartonshire 0 19 0 West Lothian 2 4 0 Western Isles 143 103 7 Local authority area Service Civilian Civilian casual 1 July 1998 City of Aberdeen 25 96 0 Aberdeenshire 356 89 2 Angus 987 118 5 Argyll and Bute 3,336 3,039 16 Borders 1 1 0 Dumfries and Galloway 1 58 0 City of Dundee 40 54 1 City of Edinburgh 1,589 509 16 East Dunbartonshire 0 0 0 East Lothian 0 11 0 Falkirk 1 3 0 Fife 1,605 1,111 22 City of Glasgow 1,089 1,765 26 Highland 33 80 7 Inverclyde 6 60 1 Midlothian 807 101 2 Moray 3,830 704 12 North Ayrshire 2 598 2 North Lanarkshire 4 3 0 Orkney 0 5 0 Perth and Kinross 20 427 8 Renfrewshire 6 10 0 Shetland Islands 156 59 0 South Ayrshire 389 63 0 South Lanarkshire 0 7 0 Stirling 22 327 8 West Dunbartonshire 2 28 0 West Lothian 1 4 1 Western Isles 100 55 2 Local authority area Service Civilian Civilian casual 1 July 1999 City of Aberdeen 18 94 1 Aberdeenshire 335 87 2 Angus 1,075 123 2 Argyll and Bute 3,516 3,155 15 Borders 1 1 0 Dumfries and Galloway 1 87 1 City of Dundee 54 63 1 City of Edinburgh 1,736 503 18 East Dunbartonshire 0 0 0 East Lothian 0 9 0 Falkirk 0 2 1 Fife 1,800 1,069 28 City of Glasgow 1,217 1,824 9 Highland 27 88 2 Inverclyde 6 59 1 Midlothian 708 103 4 Moray 3,767 732 20 North Ayrshire 4 570 3 North Lanarkshire 2 3 0 Orkney 0 5 0 Perth and Kinross 13 400 16 Renfrewshire 8 24 0 Shetland Islands 148 56 3 South Ayrshire 385 62 1 South Lanarkshire 2 6 0 Stirling 22 289 21 West Dunbartonshire 2 40 2 West Lothian 2 3 0 Western Isles 88 14 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. In addition to this direct employment, the MOD supports a significant number of defence-related jobs throughout the UK. While DASA (the Defence Analytical Services Agency) does not produce estimates of these employment levels for local authority areas, their estimate{1} of the defence-related employment for Scotland as a whole is set out in the table. {1} The method used to provide national and regional employment estimates requires the combination of two elements. First, a breakdown of MOD equipment expenditure with UK industry (using the Standard Industrial Classification (SIC)) and second, a measure of sales per employee for each of the industries receiving defence spending (derived from the ONS Business Enquiry and the Labour Market Survey). Dividing the first by the second gives an estimate of those employed directly on defence contracts. These estimates do not include indirect employment. The figures exclude MOD Civilian and Service Personnel. The full estimation methodology is outlined in Defence Statistics Bulletin No. 3). There is no internal method of isolating the amount of employment generated as a direct result of any one procurement decision. The sales per head data used in calculating the data do not distinguish between individual projects and is more an indiction of permanent or ongoing employment within a defence contractor. DASA rely for their information on a Defence Bills Agency (DBA) database--the Monthly Journal of Records (MJRECS), which is populated, in part by data from the DEFFORM 57. This form is completed by commercial staff each time a new MOD headquarters contract is placed (as opposed to Local Purchase Order). The DEFFORM gives quite a detailed picture of the type of contract placed e.g. on pricing, and information describing the region where a contract is placed. The form utilises a `location of work code'. MOD expenditure on equipment in the UK is derived from the MOD Central Ledger (Return 5) and can be split by region using data from MJRECS--detailed. Each expenditure has a location code for the prime contractor in the transaction. The proportion of expenditure, which might be spent in the region, is determined by the location of the prime contractor and does not take account of those of sub-contractors. The proportions calculated from MJRECS are then applied to total expenditure on equipment in the UK to find the values in each region. Using sales per head data we are able to calculate estimates of employment dependent on equipment expenditure by applying them to regional breakdown derived from MJRECS. Table 2: estimated direct MOD related employment in Scottish local authority areas _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Employment 1995-96 8,000 1996-97 7,000 1997-98 6,000 1998-99 6,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

149079; 363 c53-6W

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Armed forces Defence Civilians Employment Industry Staff Ministry of Defence Scotland

Contains statistics

Yes

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