Private

Mr J H G Allen

via e-mail:

[FOI #3302 email]

Dear Mr Allen

Request for Information

Thank you for your correspondence, dated 30^th September 2008, which has been considered to be a request for information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI 2000). Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding.

The number of Civil Servants employed by the Ministry of Defence, either directly, part time or under contract

The Defence Analytical Services & Advice (DASA) website holds the most up-to-date information on the Ministry of Defence workforce. This website is located at-

www.dasa.mod.uk/

The specific information breaking down the number of staff employed by the Ministry is located at the following link:

www.dasa.mod.uk/UKDS2008/c2/table202.html

This is part of the UK Defence Statistics Report for 2008 which provides a full break down of the number of Civil Servants employed by the Ministry of Defence.

I trust that this information meets your requirements. If you are unhappy with this response or you wish to complain about any aspect of the handling of your request, then you should contact me in the first instance.  If informal resolution is not possible and you are still dissatisfied then you may apply for an independent internal review by contacting the Director of Information Exploitation, 6th Floor, MOD Main Building, Whitehall, SW1A 2HB (e-mail [email address]).  

Please note that any request for an internal review must be made within 40 working days of the date on which the attempt to reach informal resolution has come to an end.

If you remain unhappy following an internal review, you may take your complaint to the Information Commissioner under the provisions of Section 50 of the Freedom of Information Act. Please note that the Information Commissioner will not investigate the case until the internal review process has been completed. Further details of the role and powers of the Information Commissioner can be found on the Commissioner's website, http://www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk.

Yours sincerely

Info. & Data Compliance

Room 39, Building 2,

PPPA Cheadle Hulme,

PO Box 38, Stockport, SK8 7NU

Telephone: 0161 426 7494

Fax: 0161 426 7412

Reference: 30-09-2008-133523-014

Date: 29^th October 2008