Ministry of Defence written question – answered at on 17 July 2023.
Kenny MacAskill
Alba, East Lothian
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) officials of his Department and (b) members of the Armed Forces were based in Northern Ireland in each year since 1999.
James Heappey
Minister of State (Ministry of Defence) (Minister for the Armed Forces)
The number of Ministry of Defence (MOD) Civilians and Armed Forces Regular Service personnel stationed in Northern Ireland since 1 April 1999 are below:
Number of MOD personnel[i] [ii]stationed in Northern Ireland[iii] [iv]since 1999
Armed Forces Regulars | MOD Civilians | |
1 July 1999 e | 9,000 | 3,200 |
1 April 2000 | 8,390 | 3,250 |
1 April 2001 e | 8,100 | 3,100 |
1 April 2002 e | 7,100 | 3,100 |
1 April 2003[v] [vi]e | 7,100 | 3,200 |
1 July 2004 | 7,700 | 3,500 |
1 April 2005 | 7,490 | 3,460 |
1 April 2006 | 6,800 | 3,290 |
1 April 2007 | 4,770 | 2,940 |
1 April 2008 | 3,730 | 2,150 |
1 April 2009 | 4,390 | 1,890 |
1 April 2010 | 4,140 | 1,930 |
1 April 2011[vii] | 4,010 | 1,850 |
1 April 2012 | 3,740 | 1,610 |
1 April 2013 | 2,530 | 1,500 |
1 April 2014 | 2,340 | 1,450 |
1 April 2015 | 2,190 | 1,280 |
1 April 2016 | 2,120 | 1,240 |
1 April 2017 | 2,030 | 1,120 |
1 April 2018 | 1,980 | 950 |
1 April 2019 | 1,910 | 930 |
1 April 2020 | 1,780 | 900 |
1 April 2021 | 1,760 | 900 |
1 April 2022 | 1,700 | 930 |
1 April 2023[viii] | 1,580 | 880 |
[i] Military Personnel are UK Regulars. UK Regulars comprise full time service personnel, including Nursing Services, but excluding Full Time Reserve Service (FTRS) personnel, Gurkhas, Mobilised Reservists, Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS), Locally Engaged Personnel (LEP), Non-Regular Permanent Staff (NRPS), High Readiness Reserve (HRR) and Expeditionary Forces Institute (EFI) personnel. Includes both trained and untrained personnel.
[ii] Civilian figures are reported as Full Time Equivalent (FTE).
[iii] The figures are based on Service personnel's stationed location and not their location of residence..
[iv] Country as recorded in Joint Personnel Administration (JPA).
[v] Figures for 2003 are estimates as they have been calculated by adding two rounded figures.
[vi] Figures have been rounded to the nearest 10 to prevent inadvertent disclosure. However, numbers ending in "5" have been rounded to the nearest 20 to prevent systematic bias. For the years 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004 figures have been rounded to the nearest 100. "e" denotes an estimate.
[vii] Where data from 1 April is not available, it has been substituted for data from 1 July. Military and Civilian figures between 1 July 1999 - 1 April 2011 have been taken from the UK Defence Statistics Compendium available here: https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20140116145634/http://www.dasa.mod.uk/index.php/publications/UK-defence-statistics-compendium
[viii] Military and Civilian figures between 1 April 2012 - 1 April 2023 have been taken from the Annual Location Statistics, the latest edition of the publication is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/location-statistics-for-uk-regular-armed-forces-and-civilians-2023
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