Written question asked by Angus Robertson (Scottish National Party) on Tuesday, 10 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 13 June 2003. It was answered by Lord Moonie (Labour) on Friday, 13 June 2003 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people work for the Defence Repository; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of the agency are; and how these figures compare to 2002. - Includes figures for ministry of Defence central records repository at Hayes.

Answer: Angus Robertson: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people work for the Defence Repository; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of the agency are; and how these figures compare to 2002. [119294] Dr. Moonie: The Ministry of Defence has a central records repository that is located at Hayes in West London. The records repository is not a defence agency and does not have any other sites associated with it, including in Scotland. In January 2002, there were 100 Ministry of Defence personnel directly involved in providing the main records and support services at the Hayes site, some working part-time, at an annual cost of £1.743 million. There are currently 84 MOD personnel, including part- timers, providing records and support services at Hayes at an annual cost of £1.469 million. In January 2002, there were 12 MOD personnel based at Hayes who were working on associated tasks at an annual cost of £281,000. There are now 19 MOD personnel working on associated tasks at an annual cost of £495,000.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 406 c1111W;406 c1113W; 119294
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Staff Databases Costs Archives Documents Ministry of Defence Scotland Operating costs Hillingdon
Contains statistics: Yes
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