Emily Thornberry – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Ministry of Defence
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Emily Thornberry on 2016-02-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian personnel were deployed in each operational theatre overseas in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Penny Mordaunt
In the last 12 months (13 February 2015 to 12 February 2016), 71 UK civil servants have deployed on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to provide direct support to military operations. A breakdown of locations is provided below.
|
Country |
Number of UK civil servants deployed on behalf of the MOD |
|
Afghanistan |
42 |
|
Sierra Leone |
1 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
14 |
|
Bahrain |
2 |
|
Qatar |
8 |
|
Italy |
2 |
|
United States of America |
2 |
Since June 2015, an average of 88 UK contractors has been deployed on military operations by the MOD at any one time. A total 12-month figure could not be provided as details of changes to individual post-holders are not held centrally, and information is not held for the period before June 2015.
|
Country |
Average number of UK civilian contractors deployed by the MOD |
|
Afghanistan |
36 |
|
Gulf |
44 |
|
Iraq |
6 |
|
Nigeria |
2 |
